Otto Gross: Psychoanalytic Anarchy, Erased Genius
This Introduction to Otto Gross is a companion zine to the “Persona Non-Grata” and “Resurrecting Legacy” columns in Distinctively Dionysian. In this issue, we uncover Gross’s intellectual legacy and explore the tragedy of his erasure from history.
L’oubli délibéré—the deliberate forgetting of Otto Gross—is an intellectual injustice that demands rectification. Like Max Stirner, Gross’s radical ideas were buried by the powers that be, deemed too dangerous or too truthful. Pathologized and labeled mentally unstable, Otto Gross was very purposely cast aside, his contributions to psychoanalysis and anarchism erased and largely forgotten.
Stirner’s direct influence on Gross has been neglected by academia and researchers alike. This zine series compiles over ten years of Otto Gross scholarship, presented in six volumes—a vital addition to the Distinctively Dionysian columns on Gross. This first zine sets the stage for deeper explorations of his work, his anarchistic rebellion, and the impact Max Stirner had on Otto Gross.
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