Freudo-Marxism
Freudo-Marxism is a loose designation for philosophical perspectives informed by both the Marxist philosophy of Karl Marx and the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud. Its history within continental philosophy began in the 1920s and 1930s and continuing since through critical theory, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and post-structuralism.
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- Sigmund Freud
- Emergence
- Wilhelm Reich
- Critical theory
- Frankfurt School
- Herbert Marcuse
- Erich Fromm
- Other developments
- Frantz Fanon
- Paul Ricœur
- Lacanianism
- Louis Althusser
- Cornelius Castoriadis
- Slavoj Žižek
- Post-structuralism
- Major works
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Freudo-Marxism is a loose designation for philosophical perspectives informed by both the Marxist philosophy of Karl Marx and the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud. Its history within continental philosophy began in the 1920s and 1930s and continuing since through critical theory, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and post-structuralism.
Sigmund Freud critiqued Marxism in his 1932 New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, arguing that Marx overemphasized historical determinism and ignored contingent psychological and material factors in shaping society. Freud acknowledged Marxism’s insight into the influence of economic circumstances on human thought and culture, but he did not see history as following inevitable laws.