>The evidence that this transformation had occurred was supposed to be that
>psychoanalysts were seeing fewer and few of the classical complexes in
>their practice -- they didn't seem to make hysterics like they used to,
>talking in tongues and going blind. Instead they were seeing much fuzzier
>complaints that were less amenable to breakthroughs, like failure to
>commit or find true intimacy.
>
>This argument was not only made for Frankfurt analysis, it largely came
>out of it. The most famous and successful version by someone who
>considered himself something of a Frankfurter was Christopher Lasch's _The
>Culture of Narcissism_. (The "narcissistic personality" was originally a
>synonym for the borderline personality, although that led to some
>confusion with the narcissis complex). The most sophisticated and
>explicitly Frankfurterian was probably an article by Joel Kovel in the
>journal _Telos_ that I think was called "Rationalization and the Family"
>and came out around the same time.
The Frankfurt Schoolmen couldn't accept the fact that marriage and procreation have become a matter of choice (rather than necessity) for many. -- Yoshie
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