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[Present day Marxist sociology and psychoanalysis]
Confinia Psychiatrica. Borderland of Psychiatry. Grenzgebiete Der Psychiatrie. Les Confins De La Psychiatrie
|January 1, 1979
Summary
Both psychoanalysis and Marxist sociology agree that social being shapes consciousness. Modern Marxist movements, however, deviate into utopian socialism, exhibiting symptoms of social neurosis like dogmatism and destructive behavior.
Area of Science:
- Social Psychology
- Sociology
- Psychoanalytic Theory
Context:
- Explores the shared principle between psychoanalysis and Marxist sociology: social being determines consciousness.
- Critiques contemporary Marxist movements for deviating from Marx's original theories and adopting utopian socialist and anarchistic approaches.
Purpose:
- To analyze the divergence of modern Marxist movements from classical Marxist sociology.
- To interpret these deviations as a form of social neurosis stemming from intellectual class frustrations.
- To identify the symptoms of this social neurosis, including narcissism, dogmatism, and destructive behavior.
Summary:
- The core tenet shared by psychoanalysis and Marxist sociology is that societal structures and conditions (being) shape individual and collective consciousness.
- Contemporary interpretations and movements associated with Marxism have strayed significantly from Karl Marx's foundational sociological theories.
- These movements are characterized as utopian socialism, employing anarchistic tactics, and are viewed as manifestations of social neurosis driven by narcissistic frustrations within the intellectual class.
Impact:
- Highlights the need to re-evaluate the theoretical underpinnings of contemporary social movements.
- Suggests a psychoanalytic framework for understanding ideological extremism and destructive social behaviors.
- Proposes a revised understanding of morality within social structures, moving beyond the psychoanalytic concept of the superego to incorporate conscious, subjective emotional morality.