Reich & the Frankfurt School

Ralph Dumain rdumain at igc.org
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:08:33 -0400


Wiggershaus has only a few references on Wilhelm Reich, mostly in 
connection with Fromm, who incorporated the concept of character structure 
into his social psychology.  There is one curious reference to Adorno, 
though (p. 159).  Adorno was working on some project (some time between 
1933 and 1935, it seems): Wiggerstrauss says Adorno "would begin with 
Reich, because Reich, unlike Fromm, maintained that individual psychology 
could not be smoothly transferred to social theory."  What's this all about?