ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 continues to research the effects of language and ideological shifts in Soviet society and turns to three dimensions of the public discourse that are closely related to the vicissitudes of psychoanalysis. These were: the new policy towards sexuality; the representation of Freud and psychoanalysis in the public press; and clinical directions of psychotherapy in general. Similar to sex, which did not exist in the Soviet Union but was widely practised and discussed, psychoanalysis received the same treatment: it was condemned by the Soviet press and then kept appearing on the pages of newspapers and magazines. Such circulation kept Freud’s name alive and present for generations of Soviet citizens and infiltrated everyday speech. The chapter argues this to be an important channel for psychoanalysis not to completely disappear from the public consciousness and keep interest in Freud’s ideas.
