Compromiso social e ideales políticos en Paul Federn
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En este trabajo se reflexiona acerca
de la labor política y de genuino compromiso
social desarrollada por P. Federn
desde su doble rol de psicoanalista y de
militante del partido socialdemócrata
austriaco, tareas en las que resultó decisiva
la influencia ejercida por el psicoanálisis
freudiano, como así se manifiesta
en su ensayo intitulado Psicología de la
revolución: la sociedad huérfana de padre
(1919), en el que expresa sus reflexiones
acerca de lo que acaecido en Europa
después de 1918, de las que se hará eco
S. Freud, que lo citará dos años después
en Psicología de las masas y análisis
del yo (1921), siendo esto interpretado
por algunos autores como muestra de la
influencia de Federn en su redacción. El
auge del nazismo, sin embargo, truncará
las esperanzas de cambio sociopolítico
propugnadas por Federn, que se exiliará
a Estados Unidos, en donde su pretérita
adscripción política será malinterpretada,
al equipararse socialdemócrata con comunista,
siendo entonces denunciado en un
periódico neoyorquino, eclipsando así la
seria labor de crítica social desplegada
por Federn a lo largo de toda su vida
This study considers the political involvement and genuine social commitment developed by P. Federn from the perspective of his dual role of psychoanalyst and activist within the Austrian social-democratic party. The influence of Freudian psychoanalysis in both these spheres was to prove decisive, as can be seen in his essay Psychology of the Revolution: the fatherless society (1919), in which he expresses his reflections on events in Europe after 1918. Freud himself would echo his thoughts, citing the essay two years later in Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (1921), which some commentators see as evidence of Federn´s influence on the work. The rise of Nazism, however, put paid to Federn’s hopes for socio-political change, and he left Europe for the United States, where his previous political affiliations were misinterpreted, as social-democracy was equated with communism. He was denounced by a New York newspaper and his life-long work as social critic was undermined
This study considers the political involvement and genuine social commitment developed by P. Federn from the perspective of his dual role of psychoanalyst and activist within the Austrian social-democratic party. The influence of Freudian psychoanalysis in both these spheres was to prove decisive, as can be seen in his essay Psychology of the Revolution: the fatherless society (1919), in which he expresses his reflections on events in Europe after 1918. Freud himself would echo his thoughts, citing the essay two years later in Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (1921), which some commentators see as evidence of Federn´s influence on the work. The rise of Nazism, however, put paid to Federn’s hopes for socio-political change, and he left Europe for the United States, where his previous political affiliations were misinterpreted, as social-democracy was equated with communism. He was denounced by a New York newspaper and his life-long work as social critic was undermined
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Balbuena Rivera, Francisco. (2005). Compromiso social e ideales políticos en Paul Federn in Revista de la Asociación Española de Neuropsiquiatría. Asociación Española de Neuropsiquiatría Vol. XXV, nº 96














