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However, this must be examined in each case to determine whether it leads to irrational behavior and psychological defects, as Fromm has shown in detail, especially in regard to the authoritarian character (Fromm 1936; 1941, pp. 141-179), but also in the social characters analyzed later, such as the marketing character (Fromm 1947, pp. 82-107 ...
- Life Overview
- Themes
- Fromm’s Five Human Needs
- Analysis of Religion and Its Relation to Human Development
- References
Erich Fromm was a German-born American psychoanalystand social philosopher who emphasized the cultural determinants of personality. His works investigated emotional problems in free societies and advocated psychoanalysis as a cure for cultural ills and as a tool to aid the development of a non-neurotic society. Fromm, born in Frankfurt, was educate...
Fromm developed several key themes, elaborating and refining his ideas progressively. One theme is social character, which relates the psychoanalytic theory of dynamic motivation to socio-economic factors. The second theme is Fromm’s revision of Freud’s psychoanalysis, particularly his emphasis on aggression and destructiveness. The third theme inv...
Fromm postulated that there are five fundamental human needs: relatedness, rootness, transcendence, sense of identity, and frame of orientation (Das, 1993).
Fromm believed that life was a struggle between three fundamental dichotomies: freedom and determinism, separateness and unity, and knowledge and ignorance. Fromm was notable for his neo-Freudian critique of religion. He believed that religion is an escape from responsibility — and that reason is always better than religion. While priests and psych...
Das, A. K. (1993). The dialectical humanism of Erich Fromm. (2), 50-60. Fromm, E. (1951). Märchen, Mythen, Träume. Eine Einführung in das Verständnis einer vergessenen Sprache. Fromm, E. (1959). Psychoanalysis and Zen buddhism. Psychologia, 2(2), 79-99. Fromm, E. (1964). Creators and destroyers. The Saturday Review, New York (4.1. 1964), pp. 22-25....
Jan 7, 2022 · Key points. As is the case with most great theorists, Erich Fromm’s theories were initiated and molded by his own subjective experience. Erich Fromm’s exposure to Old Testament prophetic...
Jun 24, 2020 · Erich Fromm (1900–1980) was a Marxist psychoanalyst, philosopher, and socialist humanist. This article asks: How can Fromm’s critical theory of communication be used and updated to provide a critical perspective in the age of digital and communicative capitalism?
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Erich Seligmann Fromm ( / frɒm /; German: [fʁɔm]; March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United States.
Jul 21, 2020 · Durkin and Braune’s Erich Fromm’s Critical Theory: Hope, Humanism and the Future is an exceptional collection of essays which succeed in demonstrating the power of Fromm’s scholarship and the relevance of his conceptual apparatus for furthering contemporary social research.
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Jul 9, 2024 · Erich Fromm was a German-born American psychoanalyst and social philosopher who explored the interaction between psychology and society. By applying psychoanalytic principles to the remedy of cultural ills, Fromm believed, mankind could develop a psychologically balanced “sane society.”
