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[BEST OF] Capitalism and Desire: In Dialogue with Psychoanalysis

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The Frankfurt School and the Psychoanalytic Critique of Capitalism

The Frankfurt School was an attempt to combine the traditions of Marxism with that of psychoanalysis. I feel like all the Frankfurt tradition is actually, and I know this doesn't sound right, but I think it's much too hopeful about its critique of capitalism. And I think it doesn't fully integrate the negative power of the psychoanalytic critique. It's almost like psychoanalysis is put in the service of Marxism.

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