</image> <label>Author</label> <label>Illustrator</label> <label>Published on</label> <label>Publisher</label> <group layout="horizontal"> <header>Publication order</header> <label>Previous</label> <label>Next</label> </group> </infobox>The Irrational in Politics is a 1970 book by Chris Pallis which attempts to understand why people submit to authority even if they know it is unjust or inefficient, arguing that it lies in sexual repression. The book is often seen as an introduction to the ideas of Wilhelm Reich.[1]
Chapters
- Introduction
- Some examples
- Some inadequate explanations
- The ignored area and the traditional left
- The process of conditioning
- The function of the family
- The historical roots
- Wilhelm Reich and the sexual revolution
- Limits and perspectives
- The Russian experience
- Appendix: Clara Zetkin, Reminiscences of Lenin