Germanic Studies Department, University of Sydney.
Ber Wiss. 2022 Dec;45(4):625-650. doi: 10.1002/bewi.202200007. Epub 2022 Dec 1.
One of sexologist Wilhelm Reich's most ambitious and enduring theories claims that sexuality and sexual repression play a central role in the production and reproduction of class structures and hierarchies. From 1927-1933, Reich combined his sexological work with his communist political convictions in a movement that became known as sex-pol. Reich developed some of his most provocative and potentially emancipatory theories through this empirical work with members of working-class communities. Though they often remain anonymous in his writings, the traces of their voices remain audible throughout. In this paper, I employ a Gramscian method, developed by post-colonial scholars, to read for the trace of proletarian voices in Reich's archive. I argue that these subjects helped to theorize the role of sex in producing and reproducing class oppression. Reading for the trace of proletarian voices in the archive expands our understanding of how working-class subjects in early twentieth-century Germany and Austria helped to produce concrete sexological knowledge from below.
性学家威廉·赖希（Wilhelm Reich）最具野心和持久的理论之一声称，性行为和性压抑在阶级结构和等级制度的产生和再生产中起着核心作用。从 1927 年到 1933 年，赖希将他的性学工作与他的共产主义政治信仰结合起来，形成了所谓的性政治运动。通过与工人阶级社区成员的这种实证工作，赖希发展了一些最具挑衅性和潜在解放性的理论。尽管他们在他的著作中经常保持匿名，但他们的声音痕迹在整个著作中仍然清晰可闻。在本文中，我采用了后殖民学者发展的葛兰西方法，从赖希的档案中寻找无产阶级声音的痕迹。我认为，这些主体有助于从理论上解释性在产生和再生产阶级压迫方面的作用。从档案中寻找无产阶级声音的痕迹，扩大了我们的理解，即 20 世纪早期德国和奥地利的工人阶级主体如何帮助从底层产生具体的性学知识。
