Habermas derived a theory of institutions and ideologies from Freudian psychoanalysis by analogy.

Evidence

This language-game interpretation of the psychoanalytic theory of the development and cure of symptoms as a process of de-symbolization and re-symbolization had been inspired by Alfred Lorenzer, one of Habermas’s colleagues at Frankfurt. By analogy, Habermas was also attempting to derive from Freud a theory of the development and dissolution of institutions and ideologies. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2686

Categorization

• XREF: Connects Habermas’s project to the Frankfurt School legacy of using psychoanalysis as a critical social theory in works like Marcuse’s Eros and Civilization. — connects to: Habermas’s theory of human species formation synthesized a wide range of philosophical sources — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2427; Habermas’s new contribution was a detailed account using psychoanalysis to model critical-scientific processes. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2681; Psychoanalysis was seen as a bridge from economic determinism to ideology formation — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 231 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Psychoanalysis was seen as a bridge from economic determinism to ideology formation #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 231
• Social change is explained by overdetermination drawn from Freud #exemplifies (0.80)
• Marxist theories of false consciousness merged with Freudian psychoanalysis in the Frankfurt School. #complicates (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 100
• Freudian psychoanalytic theory shaped the study of personality in politics #expands (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 105
• Psychoanalytic theorists explained fascism’s appeal via unconscious personality needs. #exemplifies (0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 100
• Left Freudians combined Freudian drive theory with Marx’s class theory #complicates (0.72)