“Is it possible to draw any other conclusion from this reasoning than that the goal of therapy is the smooth running of the social machine as it exists?” “And what familiar name shall we call a “therapy” that pretends to create harmony on a mass scale?” “The need does exist in its millions — and there are, for instance, 250 Freudian analysts in the United States!”
Category Archives: Thought reorientation
The political career of Mao, Yale and the “reorientation of thought” (2020)
“Between 1919 and 1920, future Chairman Mao Zedong had several encounters with the school: he edited its student magazine, re-focusing it on “thought reorientation,” and operated a bookshop out of its medical college”.
La carriera politica di Mao, Yale e il “riorientamento del pensiero” (2020)
“Tra il 1919 e il 1920, il futuro presidente Mao Zedong ebbe diversi incontri con la scuola: ne curò la rivista per studenti, ri-focalizzandola sul tema del “riorientamento del pensiero” e amministrando una libreria fuori dal college di medicina della stessa scuola”.