@article{McLaughlinWegenschimmel, author = {McLaughlin, Neil and Wegenschimmel, Neil}, title = {How Erich Fromm Can Help Address the Jordan Peterson Problem in Psychoanalysis}, series = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 44, No. 1 (2024), pp. 53-70. [Online ISSN 0735-1690] [doi.org/10.1080/07351690.2023.2296367]}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 44, No. 1 (2024), pp. 53-70. [Online ISSN 0735-1690] [doi.org/10.1080/07351690.2023.2296367]}, abstract = {The current political climate is marked by polarization, which presents new difficulties for psychoanalysis. Erich Fromm, as a Freudian theorist and clinician, is uniquely positioned to address these issues. Fromm is a politically radical thinker who can help psychoanalysis think about society and social injustice beyond the clinical context while avoiding the dangers of excessively orthodox left-wing thinking that risks taking the field away from its core mission. Fromm can help psychoanalysis avoid what we are calling the >Peterson problem,< which is partly the result of provocative and extreme ideas in institutions and psychoanalytic publications that create reputational problems for the field. The >Peterson problem< brings new attention to the political bias of left-liberal authoritarians inside the profession, who focus on changing society rather than healing individuals and neglect audiences outside the liberal university and highly educated classes and thus create space for polarizing figures like psychologist Jordan Peterson to fill the gap. Peterson's fame and influence serves as a lightning rod for the wider critique of left leaning political and cultural currents in psychoanalysis. Fromm can act as a role model as well as provide the intellectual resources for responding to these challenges.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Origin Myths in the Social Sciences: Fromm, the Frankfurt School and the Emergence of Critical Theory}, series = {Canadian Journal of Sociology, 1998, pp. 109-138.}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Sociology, 1998, pp. 109-138.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Revision from the Margins: Fromm's Contributions to Psychoanalysis}, series = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Oslo (Scandinavian University Press) Vol. 9 (No. 3-4, October 2000) pp. 241-247}, journal = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Oslo (Scandinavian University Press) Vol. 9 (No. 3-4, October 2000) pp. 241-247}, abstract = {Fromm's important contributions to the modern development of psychoanalytic thought are often ignored and frequently misunderstood. An early proponent of revisions of psychoanalytic theory and therapy similar to recent trends in object relations, self-psychology and interpersonal psychoanalysis, Fromm was a vi-sionary for a Freudian theory built upon orthodoxies of the past but going beyond them. It is argued here that Fromm's unique role in helping create a new version of psychoanalysis for the 21st century was as sociological as it was intellectual. Fromm's contributions were intimately linked to his institutional positioning close to the center but on the relative margins of the discipline. This paper will outline how sociological dynamics shaped Fromm's revision of psychoanalysis. We will con-clude by discussing how Fromm was able to have a more dramatic influence than other Freudian revisionists who were less favourably positioned.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Optimal Marginality: Innovation and Orthodoxy in Fromm's Revision of Psychoanalysis}, series = {The Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 42 (No. 2, 2001), pp. 271-288.}, journal = {The Sociological Quarterly, Vol. 42 (No. 2, 2001), pp. 271-288.}, abstract = {The sociological study of intellectual innovation has long been polarized between romantic notions of the creative marginal intellectual \& competing accounts stressing the benefits of national, organizational, \& network centrality in the production of knowledge. I offer the concept of >optimal marginality< as an attempt to move beyond this longstanding but increasingly stale debate. The relationship between a certain type of marginality \& intellectual creativity is discussed in the context of a case study on innovation within psychoanalysis. German psychoana-lyst Erich Fromm's contributions to the modern revision of Freudian theory is high-lighted to illustrate the conditions under which marginality is likely to lead to innova-tions within theoretical systems \& intellectual organizations. What types of margin-ality lead to innovation? Under what conditions does marginality lead to insight, \& when does it lead to marginal ideas? Four ideal types are outlined \& a research agenda is called for that operationalizes \& tests these theoretical ideas in the con-text of comparative sociological analysis of intellectual creativity.}, language = {en} } @misc{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Review Anderson, Kevin, and Richard Quinney (Eds.): Erich Fromm and Critical Criminology: Beyond the Punitive Society}, series = {Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences, ISSN 0022-5061, 2002, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 202-203.}, journal = {Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences, ISSN 0022-5061, 2002, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 202-203.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Para un renacimiento de Fromm, ?'qu{\´e} debemos hacer?,}, series = {El Humanismo de Erich Fromm, ed. by Jorge Silva Garc{\´i}a, Mexico and Barcelona (Paid{\´o}s - Paid{\´o}s Croma 40) 2006, pp. 17-32.}, journal = {El Humanismo de Erich Fromm, ed. by Jorge Silva Garc{\´i}a, Mexico and Barcelona (Paid{\´o}s - Paid{\´o}s Croma 40) 2006, pp. 17-32.}, language = {es} } @article{BurstonMclaughlin, author = {Burston, Daniel and Mclaughlin, Neil}, title = {Letters to the Editor}, series = {Society, Vol. 30 (No. 2, February 1993, pp. 4-5.}, journal = {Society, Vol. 30 (No. 2, February 1993, pp. 4-5.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Who Killed off Fromm's Reputation in North America? Russell Jacoby's Social Amnesia and the Forgetting of a Public Intellectual}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 21 / 2017, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 07-21.}, volume = {e21/2017a}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 21 / 2017, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 07-21.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {The Two Jacobys: Contradiction, Ironies and Challenges in New Left Critical Social Psychology after Jordan Peterson}, series = {Free Associations: Psychoanalysis and Culture, Media, Groups, Politics, No. 72 (June 2018). - http://www.freeassociations.org.uk/}, journal = {Free Associations: Psychoanalysis and Culture, Media, Groups, Politics, No. 72 (June 2018). - http://www.freeassociations.org.uk/}, language = {en} } @article{MaccobyMclaughlin, author = {Maccoby, Michael and Mclaughlin, Neil}, title = {Sociopsychoanalysis and Radical Humanism: A Fromm-Bourdieu Synthesis}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 045-057.}, volume = {e23/2019d}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 045-057.}, abstract = {Mainstream social science has been blindsided by the rise of Trumpism and broader growth of authoritarian populism. We make the case that Frommian work is desperately needed inside the core of contemporary social science theorizing by examining social character theory up against and alongside the concept of habitus developed by French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Both Fromm and Bourdieu were concerned with the human costs of social change and economic development, Fromm with his writings on advanced capitalism in The Sane Society (1955a) and on Mexican village life in Social Character in a Mexican Village (with Michael Maccoby, 1970b), and Bourdieu with his extended studies of peasants in Algeria during the French colonial war of the 1950s and early 1960s. We will compare and contrast the theory of social character developed in the Mexican study with Bourdieu's concept of habitus, and discuss what Fromm's ideas can add to Bourdieu-influenced critical social science.}, language = {en} } @article{FunkMcLaughlin, author = {Funk, Rainer and McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Introducci{\´o}n}, series = {R. Funk y N. McLaughlin (Eds.), Hacia una ciencia humana. La relevancia de Erich Fromm en la actualidad, M{\´e}xico (Demac), pp. 007-036.}, journal = {R. Funk y N. McLaughlin (Eds.), Hacia una ciencia humana. La relevancia de Erich Fromm en la actualidad, M{\´e}xico (Demac), pp. 007-036.}, language = {es} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Towards a Sociology of Ideas: A Response to the Comments}, series = {Sociologica, No.2, 2008, pp. 1-10.}, journal = {Sociologica, No.2, 2008, pp. 1-10.}, abstract = {This paper combines historical and biographical work on the Frankfurt School of critical theorists with a sociological approach to intellectual creativity outlined in Michael Farrell's provocative book Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work. Revisiting earlier research on the often unheralded role the psychoanalyst Erich Fromm played in the early years of the critical theory tradition, the paper reviews the theory of collaborative circles outlined by Farrell, applies this social science explanation of conflict and creativity to the Frankfurt School network of Horkheimer, Fromm, Adorno, Marcuse, Lowenthal etc. and suggests a new way of thinking about the history of this innovative and controversial group of social theorists and researchers. The paper concludes by suggesting revisions to the Farrell model of collaborative circles and compares and contrasts the strengths of the theory to the "scientific intellectual movements" approach outlined by Frickel and Gross.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Escapes from Freedom: Political Extremism, Conspiracy Theories, and the Sociology of Emotions}, series = {L. Chancer and J. Andrews (Eds.), The Unhappy Divorce of Sociology and Psychoanalysis. Diverse Perspectives on the Psychosocial (Studies in the Psychosocial, ed. by Peter Redman), New York (Palgrave Macmillan) 2014, pp. 161-189.}, journal = {L. Chancer and J. Andrews (Eds.), The Unhappy Divorce of Sociology and Psychoanalysis. Diverse Perspectives on the Psychosocial (Studies in the Psychosocial, ed. by Peter Redman), New York (Palgrave Macmillan) 2014, pp. 161-189.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {When Worlds Collide: Sociology, Disciplinary Nightmares and Fromm's Revision of Freud}, series = {The Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 102 (No. 4, August 2017), pp. 384-388-415-436.}, journal = {The Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 102 (No. 4, August 2017), pp. 384-388-415-436.}, language = {en} } @article{SilverMcLaughlin, author = {Silver, Catherine B. and McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Introduction to the Special Issue on Erich Fromm's Legacy}, series = {The Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 102 (No. 4, August 2017), pp. 384-388-}, journal = {The Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 102 (No. 4, August 2017), pp. 384-388-}, language = {en} } @misc{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Review Burston, D. R.: The Legacy of Erich Fromm, Typescript 1992, 18 p.}, number = {unpublished version / unver{\"o}ffentlichte Fassung}, language = {en} } @misc{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Review Burston, D. R.: The Legacy of Erich Fromm}, series = {Society, Vol.29 (No. 5, 1992), pp. 92-94.}, journal = {Society, Vol.29 (No. 5, 1992), pp. 92-94.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {How to Become a Forgotten Intellectual: Fromm, Derrida and Orwell Columbus 1995, private Typescript, 54 pp.}, number = {unpublished version / unver{\"o}ffentlichte Fassung}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Nazism, Nationalism, and the Sociology of Emotions: Escape from Freedom Revisited}, series = {Sociological Theory, Washington (American Sociological Association) Vol. 14 (No. 3, November 1996), pp. 241-261.}, journal = {Sociological Theory, Washington (American Sociological Association) Vol. 14 (No. 3, November 1996), pp. 241-261.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Why Do Schools of Thought Fail? NeoFreudianism as a Case Study in the Sociology of Knowledge}, series = {Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Columbus Vol. 34, (No. 2, Spring 1998), pp. 113-134.}, journal = {Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Columbus Vol. 34, (No. 2, Spring 1998), pp. 113-134.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {How to Become a Forgotten Intellectual: Intellectual Movements and the Rise and Fall of Erich Fromm}, series = {Sociological Forum, Vol. 13 (No. 2, 1998), pp. 215-246. [Cf. also Mclaughlin, N., 1995] .}, journal = {Sociological Forum, Vol. 13 (No. 2, 1998), pp. 215-246. [Cf. also Mclaughlin, N., 1995] .}, abstract = {Most reputation studies focus on canonized intellectuals, scholars, and artists. With few exceptions, there has been little detailed examination of the sociological dynamics involved in exclusion. Examined here are the ideas and reputation history of the German psychoanalyst and sociologist Erich FROMM, expanding the repu-tation model outlined by Michele Lamont in >How to Become a Dominant French Intellectual: The Case of Jacques Derrida.< The example of Erich FROMM provides support for a modified version of Lamont's model as well as a level analysis framework. FROMM was a prestigious intellectual in sociology, psychoanalysis, and US intellectual life in the 1940s and 1950s, but since has gone out fashion. Similar macro-, organizational, and microfactors explain both FROMM's decline and Derrida's rise to status after 1965. Emphasis is on the importance of symbolic boundaries within and between psychoanalysis, Marxism, and sociology as factors that both create and damage intellectual reputations.}, language = {en} }