Freudianism-A Reactionary Manifestation of Bourgeois Ideology

Abstract

Among the many Soviet artifacts brought back recently by Dr. Hadley Cantril is this article, in which Professor Fedotov deplores the biological determinism and "historical idealism" of Freudian theory. A number of subtle anti-scientific tricks characterize the writing; the main point for those not alone interested in the physiological cortex is that "scientific materialism" is "bell, book and candle." Interestingly, after severely criticizing the Freudian concept of the subconscious, the author calls upon Soviet scientists to investigate many of the features of the subconscious that intrigue the Freudians.