@article{Maccoby, author = {Maccoby, Michael}, title = {Die Methoden der Gesellschafts-Charakter-Forschung bei Erich Fromm}, series = {Wissenschaft vom Menschen / Science of Man. Jahrbuch der Internationalen Erich Fromm-Gesellschaft, M{\"u}nster (Lit-Verlag) 1992, pp. 35-46. [= MACCOBY, M., 1990}, journal = {Wissenschaft vom Menschen / Science of Man. Jahrbuch der Internationalen Erich Fromm-Gesellschaft, M{\"u}nster (Lit-Verlag) 1992, pp. 35-46. [= MACCOBY, M., 1990}, abstract = {>Methods of Social Character Research in Erich Fromm<: In the 60s team of cultural anthropologists from Mexico and the United States headed by Erich Fromm conducted a socio-psychological survey, the findings of which were published in 1970 under the title >Social Character in a Mexican Village. A Sociopsychoanalytic Study<. The author of the present essay, who closely collaborated with Fromm on this field project, reports both on the data collection methods and evaluational practices used and on the findings reached by the survey. This co-production with Fromm can certainly lay claim to exemplary status for a large part of the Mexican rural population, pointing to a narrow link between the various manifestations of the social character of the villagers, the role of tradition in the culture and family respectively, and the nexus of economic relationships. This research project resulted in the practical conclusion that the situational realities of the most strongly disadvantaged group in the rural population - young people - needed to be improved by educational programs and agricultural projects, so as to stem the growing polarization between rich and poor among the villagers.}, language = {de} }