Editing Theodor W. Adorno (section)

=== Sigmund Freud ===
[[Psychoanalysis]] is a constitutive element of critical theory.<ref>[[Martin Jay]]: ''III. Die Integration der Psychoanalyse''. In: id.: ''Dialektische Phantasie. Die Geschichte der Frankfurter Schule und des Instituts für Sozialforschung 1923–1950''. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1976, pp. 113–142.</ref> Adorno read [[Sigmund Freud]]'s work early on, although, unlike Horkheimer, he never underwent analysis.<ref>Christian Schneider: ''Die Wunde Freud.'' In: Richard Klein, Johann Kreuzer, Stefan Müller-Doohm (Hrsg.): ''Adorno-Handbuch. Leben – Werk – Wirkung.'' J. B. Metzler Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, p. 284.</ref> He first read Freud while working on his initial (withdrawn) habilitation thesis, ''The Concept of the Unconscious in the Transcendental Theory of Mind'' (1927). In it Adorno argued that "the healing of all neuroses is synonymous with the complete understanding of the meaning of their symptoms by the patient". In his essay "On the Relationship between Sociology and Psychology" (1955), he justified the need to "supplement the theory of society with psychology, especially analytically oriented social psychology" in the face of fascism. Adorno emphasized the necessity of researching prevailing [[Drive theory|psychological drives]] in order to explain the cohesion of a repressive society acting against fundamental human interests.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gesammelte Schriften|last=Adorno|first=Theodor W.|date=1997|publisher=Suhrkamp Taschenbuch|volume=8|pages=42|oclc=890842414}}</ref>

Adorno always remained a supporter and defender of Freudian orthodox doctrine, "psychoanalysis in its strict form".<ref>Theodor W. Adorno: "Probleme der Moralphilosophie". Nachgelassene Schriften, section 4, vol. 10: ''Vorlesungen''. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1996, p. 123.</ref> From this position, he attacked [[Erich Fromm]]<ref>Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer: ''Briefwechsel''. Vol. I: 1927–1937. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2003, pp. 129 f.</ref> and later [[Karen Horney]] because of their revisionism. He expressed reservations about sociologized psychoanalysis<ref>He summarizes this in the seemingly paradoxical formulation: "The more psychoanalysis is sociologized, the duller its organ for recognizing socially caused conflicts becomes". (GS 8: 28).{{clarify|date=August 2023|reason=What or who is GS? Gesammelte Schriften?}}</ref> as well as about its reduction to a therapeutic procedure.{{sfn|Müller-Doohm|2005|p=590}}