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- Fromm (1970) criticized Freud’s model of man as being overly determined by his social views, such as the belief in patriarchy and the belief that people are fundamentally self-centered. Fromm argued that in limiting his criticism of social norms to sexuality, Freud was handicapped in developing the full implication of his discoveries.
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Jan 25, 2024 · Fromm had what has been considered to be a complex relationship with Freud and his work (Maccoby, 1980). Fromm criticized Freud’s theory and his tendency to demand ideological purity in psychoanalysis (1959).
Jan 6, 2016 · The concept of social character is Fromm’s alternative to Freud’s drive theory and was seen by him (and by most contemporary commentators) as his most important theoretical contribution. Individual character structure, Fromm argues following Freud, is a persistent, enduring, relatively fixed entity.
Nov 15, 2021 · Erich Fromm accepted most of Freud’s concepts, including the unconscious, repression, defense mechanisms, transference, the idea of dreams as an expression of the unconscious, and the idea of childhood as the root of many psychological disorders.
Sep 14, 2023 · Erich Fromm was a neo-Freudian psychoanalyst who suggested a theory of personality based on two primary needs: the need for freedom and the need for belonging. He suggested that people develop certain personality styles or strategies to deal with the anxiety created by feelings of isolation.
Fromm first wrote about this criticism of Freud in the article “The Social Determinants of Psychoanalytic Theory” (Fromm 1935), which was published in the Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung but already provoked discussion at the Institute.
Erich Fromm's Socio-Psychoanalytic Re-Vision of Freudian Theory. collaborated with the Institute for Social Re-search in Frankfurt, and from 1934 on in New York, in order to explore this question by using Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. Fromm's stroke of genius: Society is represented in our psychic structure formation
Jun 24, 2020 · Fromm differs in his interpretation of Freud’s death instinct from other theorists in Marxist psychoanalysis. For Lacan (1991 :171, 326), the death instinct is part of the unconscious and the symbolic order.
