Research On Reich’s Theory Of Labor Democracy

Wilhelm Reich is the main builder and core representative of the "Freudian Marxism" school,as well as a psychologist,social critic,thinker and political organizer.However,he was rejected by sociology circles for his analysis and practice of "sexual revolution".In terms of academic research,Reich combined Marx’s sociology and Freud’s psychology to create sexual economic sociology,and used it to investigate and analyze fascism.Reich believes that the fascist dictatorship uses the authoritarian character of the masses to restrict people’s sexual satisfaction through the patriarchal family internally and racism and religious mysticism externally.The excess energy is seldom transformed into other energies,let alone natural and happy labor.To this end,he proposed a fundamental way to change sexual repression,that is,"labor democracy".This article aims to comprehensively evaluate the value and limitations of Reich’s labor democracy theory through systematic research on the formation conditions and main content of Reich’s labor democracy theory.It is mainly divided into the following four parts.First,it discusses the research purpose,research significance and research status of Reich’s labor democracy theory,research ideas,research methods,research difficulties and innovation points;second,systematically sorts out the formation conditions of Reich’s labor democracy theory,and excavates its theory Theoretical origins,background of the times and personal subjective conditions formed;thirdly,the main content of Reich’s labor democracy theory was explained in detail,and the gist of Reich’s labor democracy theory was further grasped;fourthly,the comprehensive and objective evaluation of Reich’s labor democracy The value and limitations of the theory,clarify the merits and limitations of Reich’s theory of labor democracy.In short,Reich’s theory of labor democracy provides a novel way of thinking to solve the "psychological soil" of mass fascism in Germany during World War II and to analyze current general social problems.The important role of people’s psychological reconstruction in the era.