Fromm’s claim that contradiction turns libidinal forces into social dynamite was dogmatic

Evidence

Fromm’s view that the growth of objective contradictions within society would mean that the libidinal forces would no longer operate as social cement but as social dynamite, and would lead to the construction of new social formations, remained an ungrounded dogmatic assertion. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 486

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Fromm’s shift to ‘authoritarian’ terminology dropped the psychosexual dimension requiring explanation — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 617; Social change outpacing libidinal adjustment creates explosive political conditions — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 331

Broader Connections

• Social change outpacing libidinal adjustment creates explosive political conditions #complicates (0.85) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 331
• Fromm’s shift to ‘authoritarian’ terminology dropped the psychosexual dimension requiring explanation #responds-to (0.70) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 617