PSYCHOANALYSIS AND FEMINISM

In: New left review: NLR, Heft 93, S. 61-69

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE IS AN ARGUEMENT AGAINST JULIET MITCHELL'S BOOK "PSYCHOANALYSIS AND FEMINISM". THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT MITCHELL MISUNDERSTANDS THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF FREUD'S VIEW OF FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY, AND CONTESTS IN PARTICULAR HER CONTENTION THAT THIS VIEW IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO CAPITALIST AND PRE-CAPITALIST SOCIETIES. HE EMPHASIZES THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF FREUD'S ACCOUNT OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT.