[lbo-talk] Review of Joseph Wortis' *Soviet Psychiatry* in "Masses and Mainstream" (September 1950)

Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Sat Dec 27 08:11:20 PST 2003


On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 07:24:05 -0800 "Devine, James" <jdevine at lmu.edu> writes:
> didn't Marcuse have a book on Soviet psychotherapy?

Marcuse had a book on Soviet Marxism, titled *Soviet Marxism*. I don't think he ever wrote on Soviet pyschotherapy.


> (I also wonder
> about Wortis' discussion of those who ended up in Soviet mental
> hospitals for political reasons.)

Given that Wortis was writing in the post-WW II era, probably not. I don't think that became an issue until the 1970s.

Jim F.


> Jim Devine
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> From: Jim Farmelant [mailto:farmelantj at juno.com]
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> Psychiatry* in "Masses and Mainstream" (September 1950)
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> The current discussion concerning depression reminded me of
> a piece that I saw in the old radical journal "Masses and
> Mainstream" on Jospeh Wortis' book *Soviet Psychiatry*,
> perhaps Chris Doss and others may wish to comment.
>
> ...
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