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Tag Archives: Marxism
Political Theories
William James Booth is at work on a study entitled Masters and Servants: Reflections on Marxism and Its Origins.
Charles Kesler is the editor of Saving the Revolution: The Federalist Papers and the American Founding (1987).
Marx Today
James Epstein is the author of Lion of Freedom: Feargus O’Connor and the Chartist Movement. He’s at work on a forthcoming study of labor and politics in 19th-century England. Eugene Genovese is the author of Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made, winner of the Bancroft Prize in 1975. He’s at work on a forthcoming study of life and thought of southern slaveholders.
Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud in the 1980s
Werner Dannhauser and Steven Marcus describe why Marx and Freud are two inescapable cultural and intellectual forces of the nineteenth century and describe parallels and differences between Freudian psycho-analytical and Marxist political theory. For example, Marxism ultimately holds out hope for an end to human conflict, while Freudian theory states that conflict can only be resolved on an individual level. Dannhauser and Marcus also intents of Marx and Freud, modern interpretations of Marxist and Freudian theories (such as Stalin’s Soviet Union and the popularity of therapy in the United States), and the legacy of both doctrines. Lastly, the speakers describe common misconceptions of Freudian and Marxist theory.
At the time of this interview, Dannhauser was a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1982-83) and professor of government at Cornell University. Marcus was also a Fellow (1981-82), as well as professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.