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Utopianism in psychology: the case of Wilhelm Reich

  • This article examines utopian elements in Wilhelm Reich's writings in his American phase (1939-1957) in order to illustrate utopian sources of dynamic psychology. Although there are scholars who have used the term >psychological utopia< and applied it to individual thinkers (Reich, Marcuse, Fromm) and to specific psychological disciplines (psychoanalysis, behaviorism, cognitive psychology), the term itself has remained elusive and vague. Furthermore, there have been few attempts to systematically examine utopian elements in twentieth-century psychology in general and the basic assumptions of psychological utopianism in particular. While pointing out that Reich's orgonomic theories have no scientific merit, this article argues for the relevancy of his ideas for understanding the nature of utopianism in dynamic psychology. (© 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)

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Author:Petteri Pietikainen
Parent Title (English):Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2002), pp. 157-75. [Online ISSN 1520-6696] [doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.10034]
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2002
Release Date:2024/04/04
Format:to purchase via publisher
IdNo:Pietikainen_P_2002a
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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