Response to Commentaries on “the Last Public Psychoanalyst?: Why Fromm Matters in the 21st Century”

Abstract

The author responds to commentaries on her essay “The Last Public Psychoanalyst?: Why Fromm Matters in the 21st Century,” clarifying Fromm’s intention and take on the individual in the context of society. She also addresses the relationship between Fromm’s ideas about social context and his clinical work with patients.

Keywords:

• Fromm
• individual
• poststructuralism
• society

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Ilene Philipson

Ilene Philipson, PhD, holds doctorates in sociology, clinical psychology, and psychoanalysis. She is a training and supervising analyst at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles and is in the private practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Oakland, California. In addition to On the Shoulders of Women: The Feminization of Psychotherapy, her books include Married to the Job; Ethel Rosenberg: Beyond the Myths; and Women, Class, and the Feminist Imagination (editor). She has taught at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and NYU.