ABSTRACT
After five different case studies of the impact of TSS on economics, international relations, philosophy, law and biography, this chapter draws together the conclusions in each case study. This relates to the general consequences of adopting a Marxist perspective on psychology, and even to relational individuality in general, as well as to the narrower focus on TSS. The main conclusion is that it is relational individuality that carries the main impact on social science: TSS is well suited to act as a Marxist version of relational individuality. Its uniqueness has two consequences – (1) the relative balance of different social relations – class in particular – and (2) the attention to the historical evolution of personality across different social sciences. Appended to the Conclusion is correspondence between the Author and Lucien Sève, with questions originally put to Sève as a result of reading his work and Sève’s replies, and commentary on the draft of the book, which was subsequently incorporated into the text.
