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Schilder's very interesting paper which, however, is not always easily comprehensible, treats the basic questions of the relation between psychoanalysis and political economy. It discusses the methods with which these basic problems must be approached rather than their actual solution. This discussion is carried out in such a fundamental and convincing way that it becomes clear that it is not permissible to transfer psychological insight, in too naïve a manner, to the economic field. Certainly, economic conditions were created by man. But this does not mean that they are accessible to psychological comprehension without further ado.
Schilder starts with the statement, … 'Many of our institutions, customs and habits of life, which have been created as a result of the cultural process, have become independent the moment we have created them… We deal here with a group of phenomena of social and cultural life which, although created by human beings in action, have become independent, go their own way, and cannot be easily changed at will any longer.' This is demonstrated by such