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From Political Radicalism to Revolutionary Therapy
Wilhelm Reich and Freudo-Marxism in America
Seiten 603 - 618
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The synthesis of Marx and Freud pioneered by Wilhelm Reich laid the foundations for the politicization of sexuality and the redefinition of politics in terms of the personal, which became distinctive features of leftist activism in the 1960s. Reich’s particular blend of Marxist social theory and Freudian psychoanalysis resulted, moreover, in the development of alternative forms of therapy, which helped ignite U.S. therapeutic culture. This article traces Reich’s theoretical trajectory from radical political critique to the development of new therapeutic forms in order to shed light on the turn within the revolutionary movements of the Sixties: from direct political action to finding different ways of self-realization and fulfillment.
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