Psychoanalytic-Marxism Groundwork

"An extremely clear and interesting account of the evolving encounter between two major thought systems. It aims to guide readers from both disciplines, psychoanalysis and social theory, to the point of confluence at which these disciplines converge. Not just an admirable work of intellectual history, PSYCHOANALYTIC MARXISM is also the statement of a psychoanalyst and political theorist who wants to grapple with the major social issues of our time. Wolfenstein summons his clinical experience as well as his wide-ranging knowledge of political theory in order to address in depth the question of how the practice of psychoanalysis can inform our social understanding." --Jessica Benjamin, New York University "Psychoanalytic-Marxism not only revivifies the topic [for which it's named], but will define it for years to come. A pleasure to read, Wolfenstein's prose is finely tuned and sharply focused. Difficult issues are not made simple, but they are definitely made interesting." --C. Fred Alford, Professor of Government, University of Maryland "A dazzling tour de force which will be required reading in the future for all those concerned with Marxism, psychoanalysis, or both." --Fred Dallmayr, Professor of Political Theory, University of Notre Dame "A fascinating analysis of the potential in a Marxian/Psychoanalytic interpretation of social and political reality....PSYCHOANALYTIC MARXISM is an important book...its driving vitality lies in demonstrating how both Marxian and psychoanalytic theorizing is not monolithic; that both traditions are infused by change and transformation; and that psychoanalytic theorizing is a living body of knowledge having advanced considerably from its conceptual origins....It is this spirit of both theories, their energy as living, transforming presences in the concrete daily lives of human beings that makes Wolfenstein's interpretation so compelling." --James M. Glass, University of Maryland "With [this book's] publication, Freudo-Marxism may finally be said to have come of age. To paraphrase Marx, its prehistory is over; its real history is primed to begin....One of the major intellectual syntheses of our time." --Joel Kovel, MD, Bard College "It is certainly a perfect book for university classes, and a book the rest of us can profitably read....In this eloquent work Wolfenstein passes on to generations to come an appreciation of grand theory as well as an impassioned argument for universal emancipation." --Terry A. Kupers, The Wright Insititute, Berkeley, CAWolfenstein, Eugene Victor is the author of 'Psychoanalytic-Marxism Groundwork' with ISBN 9780898625905 and ISBN 0898625904.