Hollitscher, Walter#
b. Vienna, May 16, 1911, d. Vienna, July 21, 1988, philosopher and psychoanalyst. Studied philosophy, biology and medicine in Vienna, from 1929 member of the Austrian Communist party (KPOe), until 1938 president of the "Academical Society of Medical Psychology" in Vienna. In 1938 emigrated, 1949-1953 professor of philosophy at Humboldt University in East Berlin and scientific expert in the Central Committee of the KPOe, from 1965 member of the Central Committee. Wrote approx. 30 books on scientific, psychological and philosophical topics from the Marxist point of view.
Publications#
Ueber die Begriffe der psych. Gesundheit und Erkrankung, 1947; S. Freud, 1947; Rassentheorie im Lichte der Wiss., 1948; Die Entwicklung im Universum, 1951; Psychoanalysis und Civilisation, 1963; Die Natur im Weltbild der Wiss., 1960; Der Mensch im Weltbild der Wiss., 1969; Tierisches und Menschliches, 1971; Aggressionstrieb und Krieg, 1973; Der ueberanstrengte Sexus, 1975; Fuer und wider die Menschlichkeit, 1977.