Fromm linked proletarian psychological progress to declining paternal authority

Evidence

When he mentioned the prospect of a growth in genital character traits' in the proletariat and in the objectively most advanced sections of the bourgeoisie in his second contribution to the ZfS, he mentioned the prospect of a decline in paternal authority in the psychological realm’ and of `an increase in traits related to the mother’ in the same breath. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 551

Categorization

• QUESTION: What exactly are ‘genital character traits’ in Fromm’s Freudian system? Worth chasing for precision.
• XREF: connects to: Fromm’s early social psychology critiqued Freud’s purely libidinal account of authority — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 417; Marxist theory neglected childhood-family effects on political personality — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 332; Bourgeois flourishing depended on father’s societal role grounding family authority and education — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 620 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Fromm’s early social psychology critiqued Freud’s purely libidinal account of authority #expands (0.85) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 417
• Bourgeois flourishing depended on father’s societal role grounding family authority and education #corroborates (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 620
• Marxist theory neglected childhood-family effects on political personality #responds-to (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 332