@article{Chancer, author = {Chancer, Lynn S.}, title = {How Fromm's Ideas Resonate Politically as well as Philosophically: The Contemporary Case of Guaranteed Income}, series = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 124-134.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 124-134.}, abstract = {Erich Fromm is not generally associated with policy positions and politics. Yet, Fromm was an early proponent of guaranteed income as an important practical entitlement necessary if greater human freedoms were to be realized. The article traces the development of the idea of basic (or guaranteed income) in US social movement history going back to the 1960s and including the writings of Erich Fromm on this topic. It argues that the concept of guaranteed income flows easily from, and is consonant with, Fromm's humanistic philosophy overall. Four reasons are offered, including those that are politically, ethically and pragmatically oriented, as to why providing basic income to all citizens has major advantages over the kind of economic precarity and anxieties that many people currently experience. Lastly, after making a multi-dimensional case for guaranteed income, the article responds to a common objection - namely, if basic income became universally available, people would not wish to work. Quite to the contrary, and as empirical experiments have shown, Fromm's ideas suggest that guaranteed income would encourage people to work with increased commitment and passion and that more positive than negative consequences would ensue from the concept becoming a widespread and much more generally accepted public policy.}, language = {en} } @article{Daniel, author = {Daniel, Burston}, title = {Remembering The Sane Society: An American Lament}, series = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 116-123.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 116-123.}, abstract = {Erich Fromm's book >The Sane Society< was published in 1955, the second year of President's Eisenhower's administration, but had a profound impact on the ideas and agendas of social activists during the 60s and 70s, including this author. Its central theses were that the middle-class prosperity characteristic of that era masked a >pathology of normalcy,< and that capitalism transforms active citizens into passive consumers by compelling people to fill their material needs in ways that are at variance with their existential or human needs. The result is a dramatic diminution of their critical faculties, an atrophy of conscience, and the proliferation of a >marketing character,< a kind of alienated, hedonistic lifestyle whose emptiness is palliated by the consumption of ever larger quantities of consumer goods. Fromm's analysis still rings true in some respects, but the middle-class prosperity and bland uniformity of opinion he critiqued began to wane in the late 1970s, gradually giving way to sharp extremes of poverty and wealth. The resulting political polarization has now reached a critical point, where the future of American democracy - or what little is left of it - is now in peril. So, as we approach 2025, Fromm's analysis of America in the mid-20th century must be updated and modified to fit the contours of contemporary social realities. In so doing, however, we discover that American society is even more alienated, more atomized and fragile than it was in Fromm's day.}, language = {en} } @book{Buechler, author = {Buechler, Sandra}, title = {Erich Fromm. A Contemporary Introduction, London and New York (Routledge) 2024, 152 pp.}, abstract = {In this passionate volume, Sandra Buechler introduces Erich Fromm's groundbreaking contributions to psychoanalysis, sociology, philosophy, political action, and social criticism. Buechler explores how Fromm's thinking and interdisciplinary vision are able to frame discussions of dilemmas in contemporary society. She offers a comprehensive biography of Fromm, before delving into his role as analyst, author, activist, sociologist and philosopher. From her own experience as a psychoanalyst, and from the testimony of Fromm's many ardent followers, Buechler illuminates Fromm's capacity to inspire. She considers how Fromm's writing equips students, beginning clinicians and more experienced professionals to understand what can give meaning to their efforts on behalf of troubled individuals, their riven communities, and the wider world. Assuming no prior knowledge of Fromm's work, this books offers students in clinical and social psychology, sociology, and philosophy a vital insight into his theoretical contributions. It will also be of interest to psychoanalysts, psychologists and social workers.}, language = {en} } @book{GolecdeZavala, author = {Golec de Zavala, Agnieszka}, title = {The Psychologx of Collective Narcissism. Insights from Social Identity Theory, London and New York (Routledge) 2024, 251 pp.}, abstract = {The Psychology of Collective Narcissism is a ground-breaking text that presents a new theory of collective narcissism, a belief that exaggerated greatness of one's own group should be but is not sufficiently appreciated by others. The book presents this concept against the background of social identity theory and research. It explores antecedent as well as social and political consequences of collective narcissism. The author discusses how this burgeoning theory and research can help to elucidate a wide range of psychological dynamics involved in pressing societal issues, such as the declining appeal of democracy, increasing populism, decreasing social solidarity, increasing societal polarization and prejudice, intergroup hostility and political violence, social inequality, and fake news and belief in conspiracy theories. Also referring to societal problems exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, this highly topical work explores socially shared beliefs as risk factors when predicting responses to crises and highlights conditions in which collective narcissism can be expected. The author also reviews research on interventions reducing the link between collective narcissism, prejudice, and retaliatory intergroup hostility focusing on her recent research on mindfulness. This is a valuable read for academics and students in psychology and the social sciences, those interested in societal processes as well as professionals dealing with the impact of collective narcissism.}, language = {en} } @article{Philipson, author = {Philipson, Ilene}, title = {The Plague of Certitude: Why Fromm Matters Today}, series = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 045-052.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 045-052.}, abstract = {Today, a plague of certitude is spreading within American psychoanalysis. This socially constructed virus is increasingly dominating our unmoderated list serves, appearing in our journals, and slowly seeping into our institutes. Having transcended the objectivism of traditional Freudian analysis, we seem to be revivifying its spirit. Rigorous claims to truth, superior knowledge, and contempt for those not in agreement abound. The life and work of psychoanalyst and sociologist Erich Fromm is offered as an antidote and model for resistance to this plague. He consistently objected to all forms of authoritarianism, from the Right and the Left. As a radical humanist he viewed us all as responsible selves, not mere vessels for instinctual drives or victims of unbearable circumstances. As Paul Roazan said about Fromm: >It still seems to me remarkable how he was willing to stand up for what he believed in. He should be a model of independence and autonomy for us all.<}, language = {en} } @book{Huppke, author = {Huppke, Andrea}, title = {Psychoanalysis Globally Networked. The Origins of the International Federations of Psychoanalytic Societies, translated from German by Robin Verner, Bicester (Karnac Books - IFPS Series) 2024, 227 pp.}, language = {en} } @article{Hahn, author = {Hahn, Marie}, title = {I Shall Not Hate: A Theatre Pedagogical Examination of the Phenomenon of Hate and Fromm's Theory of a Productive Character Orientation}, series = {Tiedemann, M. (Ed.): Philosophical Education Beyond the Classroom, Stuttgart (Springer) 2024, pp 439-462. [Online ISBN 978-3-476-05948-2] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05948-2_26]}, journal = {Tiedemann, M. (Ed.): Philosophical Education Beyond the Classroom, Stuttgart (Springer) 2024, pp 439-462. [Online ISBN 978-3-476-05948-2] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05948-2_26]}, abstract = {>I shall not hate.< This sentence ends the production at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden about Izzeldin Abuelaish's biography, who lost three of his daughters in the violent conflict between Israel and Palestine. This particular attitude within a crisis situation becomes the starting point and framework of a teaching unit in which the students deal with the following questions: What is hate? Is it possible not to hate? How can hate be classified in the field of tension between the instinctual nature of human beings and a conscious attitude? How are crises and loss of orientation related to hate? Can a society be sick? How are Izzeldin's attitude and Fromm's theory of a productive character orientation connected and how is Izzeldin's or Fromm's offer of orientation to be judged against the background of crises and conflicts in the students' lifeworld? Through a visit to a performance as well as theatre pedagogical forms of work, an access to this complex thematic field will be created.}, language = {en} } @article{Layton, author = {Layton, Lynne}, title = {Erich Fromm: Ancestor of Social Psychoanalytic Practice}, series = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 026-036.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 026-036.}, abstract = {Erich Fromm offered two key psychoanalytic concepts that bridge the psychic and the social: social unconscious and social character. In his view, these concepts are not only critical for understanding socio-historical phenomena but also ought to inform psychoanalytic clinical practice such that it might resist unconsciously encouraging patients to adapt to inequitable social conditions. This essay pays tribute to Fromm's thinking while elaborating some of the differences between Fromm's understanding of social unconscious/social character and my own. I argue that >social unconscious< does not quite capture the dynamic and conflictual nature of unconscious process, the ongoing conflict that social demands for conformity create in subject formation. To address that conflict, I propose the bridging concept of normative unconscious processes, processes that are always in conflict with counter-normative resistances. Points of both conflict and dissociation are precisely where analysts can challenge the psychic effects of oppressive social norms. Further, while agreeing with Fromm that analyzing social character ought to be central to clinical work, I argue that various and overlapping systemic oppressions - e.g. racism, heterosexism, classism - create, in any given society, multiple social characters and not just one dominant type. In agreement with Fromm's argument that analysts themselves need to reckon with their own social character, I stress the importance for all of us to be as aware as possible of our own identity investments and social locations within unequal and overlapping power hierarchies.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {How Erich Fromm Can Help Address the Jordan Peterson Problem in Psychoanalysis}, series = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 053-070.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 053-070.}, abstract = {The current political climate is marked by polarization, which presents new difficulties for psychoanalysis. Erich Fromm, as a Freudian theorist and clinician, is uniquely positioned to address these issues. Fromm is a politically radical thinker who can help psychoanalysis think about society and social injustice beyond the clinical context while avoiding the dangers of excessively orthodox left-wing thinking that risks taking the field away from its core mission. Fromm can help psychoanalysis avoid what we are calling the >Peterson problem,< which is partly the result of provocative and extreme ideas in institutions and psychoanalytic publications that create reputational problems for the field. The >Peterson problem< brings new attention to the political bias of left-liberal authoritarians inside the profession, who focus on changing society rather than healing individuals and neglect audiences outside the liberal university and highly educated classes and thus create space for polarizing figures like psychologist Jordan Peterson to fill the gap. Peterson's fame and influence serves as a lightning rod for the wider critique of left leaning political and cultural currents in psychoanalysis. Fromm can act as a role model as well as provide the intellectual resources for responding to these challenges.}, language = {en} } @article{Romanetto, author = {Romanetto, Matheus}, title = {Is There Room for Otherness in Humanism? Erich Fromm's Alternative}, series = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 071-084.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 071-084.}, abstract = {Humanism has been criticized as a philosophical and political stance from different points of view in recent decades. The paper summarizes four common types of criticism, stemming from political, ethical, technological, and ecological concerns. These criticisms relate back to a preoccupation with the respect for otherness or difference, either toward human or non-human beings. The paper tries to demonstrate that these concerns are also to be found as essential elements in the development of humanism itself, not only among its political and theoretical opponents. It does so with reference to Erich Fromm's works, where a life-oriented ethics is coupled with a demand for sustained political relatedness to difference, without giving up notions of a radical humanism and the anthropology that accompanies it.}, language = {en} } @book{Romanetto, author = {Romanetto, Matheus}, title = {Critique and affirmation in Erich Fromm: Humanistic politics and the psychoanalytic clinic, London (Routledge) 2024, 278 pp.}, language = {en} } @misc{OPUS4-36978, title = {The Archives of Critical Theory}, series = {The Archives of Critical Theory, Cham (Springer) 2023, 296 pp. [eBook ISBN 978-3-031-36585-0] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36585-0]}, journal = {The Archives of Critical Theory, Cham (Springer) 2023, 296 pp. [eBook ISBN 978-3-031-36585-0] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36585-0]}, editor = {Aubert, Isabelle and Nobre, Marcos}, abstract = {On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main, in 1923, this book aims at shedding light on the archives of some of the key thinkers of Critical Theory of Society, also well known as >Frankfurt School<. To pay homage to this current of thought, this contributed volume aims to make the archives speak for themselves, to show the public the quantity of unpublished material still existing by the authors of the Critical Theory which are now in funds in different parts of the world (in Germany, in Italy, or in the United States), and to show that Critical Theory remains alive 100 years after its inception.- The volume starts by presenting the archives of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the thinkers who inspired Critical Theory, and the archives of the Institute for Social Research itself. Then it dedicates separate sections to the archives of Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, Friedrich Pollock, Herbert Marcuse, Leo L{\"o}wenthal and J{\"u}rgen Habermas. The book is composed of chapters written by researchers and editors who worked in the different fonds, as well as chapters written by or interviews with researchers who were or are in charge of some of the archives, or who are especially familiar with the material.- The Archives of Critical Theory will be an invaluable tool for researchers in many disciplines working with Critical Theory of Society, such as Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science, Philosophy, History, Education, Law and Cultural Studies, among others. Readers will find information about the content of each archive and the history of its constitution. The various contributions present many ways in which the materials may be explored and explain how such explorations affected or may yet affect the state of the research.}, language = {en} } @article{Bates, author = {Bates, Agnieszka}, title = {Learning >in the Hive<: >Social Character< and Student Wellbeing in the Age of Psychometric Data}, series = {Critical Studies in Education, Vol. 64, No. 1 (2023), pp. 19-34. [Online ISSN 1750-8495] [doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2021.1948880]}, journal = {Critical Studies in Education, Vol. 64, No. 1 (2023), pp. 19-34. [Online ISSN 1750-8495] [doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2021.1948880]}, abstract = {Growing societal concern about a crisis in the wellbeing of young people has prompted a range of responses from governments and corporations, predicated on an ideal of the resilient, self-reliant individual. Behavioural economists, data scientists and educational technology companies now offer a variety of psychological interventions based on psychometric data, aimed at 'equipping' individual students with the necessary skills and character to enable them to withstand the pressures of contemporary life. As a consequence, the critical importance of mutually supportive interpersonal relationships continues to be neglected in mainstream approaches to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). This article draws on Fromm's theory of social character and Zuboff's analysis of >life in the hive< to challenge the assumptions about human behaviour underpinning data science and its application in digital tools for social and emotional learning and self-managed wellbeing. To improve students' wellbeing, we need to begin with an understanding of why they are more likely to thrive within a network of mutually supportive social relationships than a digital >hive<.}, language = {en} } @article{Aarsethetal, author = {Aarseth, Helene and et al.,}, title = {Freedom, Resonance, Interaction. Critical Theory and Creative Relations Between the Psyche and the Social}, series = {Frosh, S., Vyrgioti, M., Walsh, J. (Eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies, Cham (Palgrave Macmillan) 2023, pp. 1-20. [Online ISBN 978-3-030-61510-9] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61510-9_53-1]}, journal = {Frosh, S., Vyrgioti, M., Walsh, J. (Eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies, Cham (Palgrave Macmillan) 2023, pp. 1-20. [Online ISBN 978-3-030-61510-9] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61510-9_53-1]}, abstract = {This chapter introduces a psychosocial strand of thinking that offers a way to conceive of creative relations between the psyche and the world. Whereas much current psychosocial theory stresses how anxieties are managed by defending the self against the world or fuel subjection to oppressive social norms, the theories we engage with here point to ways in which anxieties can be employed in the urge to bridge inner longings and external realities. These ideas took form in the early Frankfurt School, which despite their comprehensive integration of psychoanalytic and social theory until recently has been comparatively marginalized in Anglophone Psychosocial Theory.- The chapter presents and discusses three notions: Erich Fromm's Freedom, Hans Loewald's Resonance, and Alfred Lorenzer's Interaction. Even though different in emphasis and outlook, these notions contribute to a shared intellectual project, namely, to point to potentially productive and non-antagonist interactions between the psyche and society. They do so not by virtue of some resistant part of unspoiled nature residing in the body or in the mind, but by virtue of being able to point to the more or less life-enhancing and life-impeding forms this interaction of psychic energies and societal needs may take.- We argue that these theorists and their notions of freedom, resonance and interaction, contribute to further developing the materialist conception of the psychosocial in ways that appear specifically urgent today. They enable us to theorize tensions within current society, between dynamics that drive instrumentalization and reification on the one hand, and more life-enhancing and mutually enriching interactions between human beings, social structures, and natural environments on the other.}, language = {en} } @article{Chevalier, author = {Chevalier, Jacques M.}, title = {The Courage of Disobedience}, series = {The Ethics of Courage, Cham (Palgrave Macmillan) 2023, pp. 401-424. [Online ISBN 978-3-031-32743-8] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32743-8_19]}, journal = {The Ethics of Courage, Cham (Palgrave Macmillan) 2023, pp. 401-424. [Online ISBN 978-3-031-32743-8] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32743-8_19]}, abstract = {Albert Camus, Emmanuel Levinas, Erich Fromm, Paulo Freire, and Mahatma Gandhi take issue, each in their own way, with the individualism and pessimism of Existentialist philosophy. They also question the ideological complacency and oversimplifications of social evolutionism. While these thinkers disagree on the role of God and rational thought in human affairs, they see courage as an important lever for resisting oppressive systems that undermine people's freedom, their capacity for self-affirmation, their hopes for lasting peace, and their sense of humanity and ethical responsibility. The critical and progressive stance they take on the ravages of modern-day authoritarianism, colonialism, and imperialism is a world away from Hitler's heinous call for the >courage of aggression< and the horrors that ensued.}, language = {en} } @article{Abromeit, author = {Abromeit, John}, title = {Critical Theory and Primary Source Research: Subjective Reflections on Working in the Herbert Marcuse and Max Horkheimer Archives}, series = {Aubert, I., Nobre, M. (Eds.): The Archives of Critical Theory, Cham (Springer) 2023, pp. 225-250. [Online ISBN 978-3-031-36585-0] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36585-0_16]}, journal = {Aubert, I., Nobre, M. (Eds.): The Archives of Critical Theory, Cham (Springer) 2023, pp. 225-250. [Online ISBN 978-3-031-36585-0] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36585-0_16]}, abstract = {Historians, including intellectual historians such as myself, rely more on primary source research than philosophers. During the period 1992-2001, I conducted extensive research on both the Herbert Marcuse and Max Horkheimer Archives in Frankfurt, Germany. This essay describes my experiences working in these archives. I highlight, in particular, some of the most important discoveries I made in the archives and how the primary source documents shaped my understanding of Herbert Marcuse and Max Horkheimer's crucial contributions to the development of Critical Theory. The essay also emphasizes the value of primary source research, especially for those working in the materialist tradition of the early Frankfurt School, which emphasizes the >Zeitkern der Wahrheit<, that is, the impossibility of separating ideas from a historically specific social context.}, language = {en} } @misc{FunkLechhab, author = {Funk, Rainer and Lechhab, Hamid}, title = {The Significance of Erich Fromm for the Present. Rainer Funk in Conversation with Hamid Lechhab, Neuhofen/Ybbs (Zeuys Verlag) 2023, 108 pp.}, language = {en} } @book{Byrd, author = {Byrd, Dustin J.}, title = {The Dark Charisma of Donald Trump. Political Psychology and the MAGA Movement, Kalamazoo, Michigan (Ekpyrosis Press), 2023, 490 pp.}, language = {en} } @article{GiliMangone, author = {Gili, Guido and Mangone, Emiliana}, title = {Is a Sociology of Hope Possible? An Attempt to Recompose a Theoretical Framework and a Research Programme}, series = {The American Sociologist, Vol. 54, No. 7 (2023), pp. 7-35. [Online ISSN 1936-4784] [doi.org/10.1007/s42048-021-00114-7]}, journal = {The American Sociologist, Vol. 54, No. 7 (2023), pp. 7-35. [Online ISSN 1936-4784] [doi.org/10.1007/s42048-021-00114-7]}, abstract = {The societal changes of the last century, especially in the aftermath of World War II, have led thinkers to imagine philosophical anthropology centered on the concept of hope. From very different perspectives, authors such as Ernst Bloch, Erich Fromm, and Hannah Arendt understood that hope is deeply connected with the condition and destiny of humanity. Various sociologists have developed concepts closely linked with hope: action, social change, utopia, revolution, emancipation, innovation, and trust. However, a coherent and systematic analysis is yet to emerge. Taking up the threads of this rich but fragmented reflection, this paper intends to outline the traits of a >sociology of hope< as a tool for critically interpreting today's society and the processes of change crisscrossing it, starting from some crucial questions: Who are the actors and historical bearers of hope? What are the main socio-historical forms of hope? What social, political, and cultural conditions favors the emergence and strengthening of this disposition? What are the effects and consequences on personal and social life?}, language = {en} } @article{Muramoto, author = {Muramoto, Shoji}, title = {Kiyoshi Miki as a Precursor of Humanistic Psychology: Utopia and Eupsychia}, series = {Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 63, No. 4 (2023), pp. 477-494. [Online ISSN1552-650X] [doi.org/10.1177/00221678221075398]}, journal = {Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 63, No. 4 (2023), pp. 477-494. [Online ISSN1552-650X] [doi.org/10.1177/00221678221075398]}, abstract = {This article explores the relevance of the life and works of Kiyoshi Miki (1897 - 1945), a Japanese philosopher, to Maslovian humanistic psychology. Although Miki and Maslow differ in many respects, they shared a few common points that are important to examine. In his early articles, Miki equated philosophy with confessions of the soul and argued that individuality was impossible within the traditional framework of logic. His first main work on Pascal's anthropology was an attempt to assimilate and synthesize the German existential/hermeneutic and the French moralist traditions he had learned in Europe in the early 1920s. Despite pioneering works by Wilhelm Reich and Erich Fromm, humanistic psychology has not exhausted the potentialities of Marxism. Maslow and other intellectuals sympathetic to this materialist philosophy were mutually disappointed. However, Maslow's enlightened or eupsychian management may be an important step toward social revolution, compensating for a missing psychological viewpoint in traditional Marxism. Miki's hermeneutic approach to this ideology offers two important points relevant to humanistic psychology: his concept of basic experience - later called Pathos - as the basis of any ideology, and the distinction between dialectic and organicism. His last years, during the War and fascism, raise important questions regarding what talented, self-actualizing intellectuals can do without freedom of speech and expression under a totalitarian and authoritarian regime. Finally, this article addresses how well Miki's concept of utopia - on which he wrote an essay in the context of a dark age—corresponds to Maslow's idea of eupsychia.}, language = {en} } @article{Layton, author = {Layton, Lynne}, title = {Social Psychoanalysis: From Theory to Practice}, series = {Frosh, S., Vyrgioti, M., Walsh, J. (Eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies, Cham (Palgrave Macmillan) 2023, pp. 1-19. [Online ISBN 978-3-030-61510-9] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61510-9_61-2]}, journal = {Frosh, S., Vyrgioti, M., Walsh, J. (Eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies, Cham (Palgrave Macmillan) 2023, pp. 1-19. [Online ISBN 978-3-030-61510-9] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61510-9_61-2]}, abstract = {While many psychosocial theorists have drawn on psychoanalysis to explore conscious and unconscious connections between the psychic and the social, most such efforts have been in the realm of >applied psychoanalysis,< that is, the exploration of unconscious process in group relations, institutions, cultures, historical eras. Few, but increasingly more psychosocial psychoanalytic writers are taking up how socially shaped unconscious processes emerge and are worked with in the clinic.- In this chapter, I review some of the psychosocial psychoanalytic theory that has informed clinical work, including the work of Fanon, Fromm, liberation psychologists, psychoanalytic feminist theorists, and critical race theorists. My focus is on how concepts that bridge the psychic and the social, without reducing one to the other, have found their way into clinical theory and practice.- The chapter surveys a few different conceptualizations of what is meant by clinical social psychoanalysis and then focuses more specifically on what I have called >normative unconscious processes,< my own attempt conceptually to bridge these domains. Extending Fromm's concepts of social unconscious and social character, I argue that a properly psychosocial psychoanalysis must account for the ways that patients' and therapists' intersectional social locations (e.g., class, race, gender, sexuality), as they are lived and enacted within particular power relations and histories, unconsciously and consciously emerge in the clinic, at times reproducing, and at times countering what Fromm called the >pathology of normalcy.< Given the current conjuncture, particular attention will be paid to neoliberal subject formations as they are met with in the clinic. The chapter concludes with a review of recent clinical papers that offer ways to counter the reproduction of normative unconscious processes.}, language = {en} } @article{LeeSmith, author = {Lee, Austina Frances and Smith, Gareth Dylon}, title = {Where is the Love, y'all? Punk Pedagogy in High School Choir}, series = {Research in Education, Vol. 115, No. 1 (2023), pp. 100-115. [Online ISSN 2050-4608] [doi.org/10.1177/00345237231152605]}, journal = {Research in Education, Vol. 115, No. 1 (2023), pp. 100-115. [Online ISSN 2050-4608] [doi.org/10.1177/00345237231152605]}, abstract = {Capitalism and its offspring, neoliberalism, are omnipresent in modern and postmodern societies. Illich, Giroux, and McLaren, among others, point to the futility and inequity of current models of education that focus on standardization, vocationalism, and conformity. Running counter to these powerful hegemonic systems, critical pedagogues and educational philosophers such as hooks and Silverman follow philosophers Frankfurt and Wolf in identifying a teaching approach rooted in love. Such an ethic embodies a robust, punk confrontation to potentially damaging, dehumanizing institutional norms perpetrated by current systems of schooling (Hewitt \& Smith, 2020). The authors present and discuss vignettes as a duo-ethnographic study of one teacher's work with a high school choir in Colorado Springs, USA, through which she works to engage young people as compassionate artistic citizens (Elliott \& Silverman, 2015; Hendricks 2018). By teaching with love and by modeling love, she teaches young people to love, embracing what Noddings (2005) identifies as an ethic of care. This choral community demonstrates the messy, anarchist ideal that Wright (2019) highlights as a necessary future for music education, wherein the educator diverts from teaching solely to standardized expectations to address the affiliative needs of her students through a love that desires good for her students (Fromm, 1956; Noddings, 2005)}, language = {en} } @book{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Erich Fromm and Global Public Sociology, Bristol (Bristol University Press) 2023, 296 pp.}, language = {en} } @article{DiGiovinazzo, author = {Di Giovinazzo, Viviana}, title = {The Cultural and Aesthetic Roots of >The Joyless Economy<}, series = {Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 44, No. 4 (2022), pp. 556-578. [Online ISSN 1469-9656] [doi.org/10.1017/S1053837221000493]}, journal = {Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 44, No. 4 (2022), pp. 556-578. [Online ISSN 1469-9656] [doi.org/10.1017/S1053837221000493]}, abstract = {Tibor Scitovsky's >The Joyless Economy< (1976) is now regarded as a landmark publication in the combined fields of economics and psychology, with standard accounts of Scitovsky's ideas emphasizing the influence of 1960s motivational psychology literature. While this encounter is all-important, Scitovsky's ideas must at the same time be read in the context of the evolution of his critique of twentieth-century mass society. The present paper presents that critique and demonstrates its fundamental importance for Scitovsky's diagnosis of an economy he termed >joyless<. Drawing upon his >Memoirs<, we show how Scitovsky's ideas were initially shaped by the culture/aesthetics of his early years in Budapest, followed by his experiences of rising totalitarianism in interwar Europe, and further affected by his move to the consumption society of postwar America. The way he engaged with the writings of influential contemporary cultural commentators, including Andr{\´e} Gide, Erich Fromm, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Lewis Mumford, and Bernard Rudofsky, was incisive. Close scrutiny also reveals resonances between Scitovsky's cultural concerns and those of some of the Bloomsbury Group.}, language = {en} } @misc{OPUS4-37294, title = {Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, ed. by Roger Frie and Pascal Sazvayre, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, 275 pp.}, editor = {Frie, Roger and Sauvayre, Pascal}, language = {en} } @article{Frie, author = {Frie, Roger}, title = {Psychoanalysis in the shadow of fascism and genocide: Erich Fromm and the interpersonal tradition}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 237-264.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 237-264.}, language = {en} } @article{FrieSauvayre, author = {Frie, Roger and Sauvayre, Pascal}, title = {The sociocultural turn: An introduction}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 1-20.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 1-20.}, language = {en} } @article{Davis, author = {Davis, Daniel F.}, title = {The Pathology of Normalcy and Consensual Validation: Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism with Erich Fromm}, series = {Harris, N., and Acaroğlu, O. (Eds.): Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism. Alternative Societies, Transition, and Resistance, London et al. (Palgrave Macmillan) 2022, pp. 181-194. [ebook ISBN 978-3-030-82669-7] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82669-7]}, journal = {Harris, N., and Acaroğlu, O. (Eds.): Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism. Alternative Societies, Transition, and Resistance, London et al. (Palgrave Macmillan) 2022, pp. 181-194. [ebook ISBN 978-3-030-82669-7] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82669-7]}, abstract = {Think of the ease in which one can acquire food and clothing today. Consider the ubiquitous availability of machines that save us hours of boring labour. For the average person in the global core, it is obvious: the material standard of living has increased exponentially since the industrial-capitalist revolution. Although we may celebrate these achievements it is also clear that such rampant capitalist development has created many horrific 'negative externalities'.}, language = {en} } @article{AdlerDana, author = {Adler, Julian and Dana, Olivia}, title = {Do less harm: Notes on clinical practice in the age of criminal justice reform}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 162-180.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 162-180.}, language = {en} } @article{D’Ercole, author = {D'Ercole, Ann}, title = {Considering the radical contributions of Clara Mabel Thompson}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 207-236.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 207-236.}, language = {en} } @misc{BurstonMills, author = {Burston, Daniel and Mills, Jon}, title = {Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis. From the Frankfurt School to Contemporary Critique, London and New York (Routledge) 2022}, abstract = {Critical Theory has traditionally been interested in engaging classical psychoanalysis rather than addressing postclassical thought. For the first time, this volume brings Critical Theory into proper dialogue with modern developments in the psychoanalytic movement and covers a broad range of topics in contemporary society that revisit the Frankfurt School and its contributions to psychoanalytic social critique. Theoretical, clinical, and applied investigations in social pathology are explored in relation to new directions in critical cultural discourse from a variety of psychoanalytic perspectives. In this volume, internationally acclaimed social political theorists, philosophers, psychoanalysts, cultural critics, and scholars of humanities examine contemporary issues in social critique that address a myriad of topics.}, language = {en} } @article{Malkin, author = {Malkin, Victoria M.}, title = {Anthropology and psychoanalysis: A lost dialogue over time}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 49-82.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 49-82.}, language = {en} } @article{Hunyady, author = {Hunyady, Orsolya}, title = {Immigrants in our own country: responsibility towards the past and future of interpersonal psychoanalysis}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 181-206.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 181-206.}, language = {en} } @misc{Li, author = {Li, Peng}, title = {A Study of Alienation in >Oryx and Crake< from the Perspective of Fromm's Alienation Theory, Master thesis, World Literatur, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, China 2022 [application of Fromm's theory to art].}, abstract = {As one of the most prominent and prolific writers in contemporary Canada, Margaret Atwood has won the Booker Prize twice. >Oryx and Crake< is Margaret Atwood's eleventh novel, which mainly describes the clear recollections of sole human survivor Jimmy-Snowman before the crack of doom. His best friend Crake has destroyed humanity by creating a deadly virus that quickly spreads to the whole world and causes the destruction of human beings. By depicting the alienation phenomenon in the novel, Atwood reveals the predicament of modern people in a modern society and shows her humanistic concern. Based on Fromm's alienation theory, this thesis analyses the phenomenon of alienation from three aspects: the self-alienation, the relationship alienation and the social alienation. Firstly, the self-alienation means that man loses his creativity and subjectivity. Through creative activities and self-love, man can achieve his spiritual development and subjectivity. Secondly, this thesis also explores the relationship alienation. In modern society, people tend to make use of each other to safeguard their interests, which leads to the love that between family members and lovers is not pure. Through mature motherly love and erotic love, children will establish a more harmonious relationship with their parents and lovers will have a deeper understanding of each other. Thirdly, it comes to the social alienation. Technology alienation and consumption alienation are embodied in the social alienation. The misuse of technology and the possession of material things cause the alienation between man and society. In order to establish a humane society, humans can establish a harmonious relationship with society by having a humanistic planning and humanized consumption. By discussing the alienation phenomenon and the methods to eliminate alienation, this thesis attempts to provide a salutary lesson. In order to eliminate alienation, people should establish a harmonious relationship with themselves, others and society with the creativity, love and humanistic spirit. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 4/2023]}, language = {en} } @misc{Li, author = {Li, Xiaoxian}, title = {An Analysis of Fromm's Existence Concept, Master thesis, Philosophy, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China 2022.}, abstract = {Erich Fromm is an American psychologist and psychoanalyst. In his system of doctrine, the existence concept occupies an important position. In Fromm's view, existence mode not only reflects the individual's living conditions, but also reflects the status and level of social development. Existence mode is not only an issue of values, but also an issue of ethics and psychology. Fromm's concept is deeply influenced by Marx and Freud. Marx's alienated labor theory and Freud's psychoanalytic theory constitute important theoretical sources of his existence concept. Fromm divides existence mode into two types: the mode of having and the mode of being. Fromm profoundly reveals the social psychology and character characteristics of having, as well as the negative effects of having on all levels of society. On this basis, Fromm believes that it is necessary to shape a proactive mode of existence with >freedom<, >creativity< and >love< as the core demands, and to promote the construction of a new society through reforms at the political, economic and cultural levels, and to cultivate the new person with ideas of existence mode. By doing so, it is effective to eliminate the negative effects caused by alienation, reification and fetishism, and to transcend the existence mode of having. Fromm's denial and criticism of the existence mode of having and the advocacy and assumption of the existence mode of being have positive enlightenment significance for the spiritual civilization construction of our society and the all-round development of human beings. However, Fromm's existence thought also has obvious limitations. He lacks historical materialism. Although he recognizes that the generalization of the existence mode of having is the result of the development of private ownership, he ignores and downplays the decisive role of the economic foundation in social change. The social reform plan he proposes is out of touch with reality and has a strong utopian color, making it difficult to become a reality. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 4/2022]}, language = {en} } @article{Ims, author = {Ims, Knut}, title = {Love in the Classroom? The Relevance of Erich Fromm's Concept of Love for Business Students}, series = {Mukherjee, S., Zsolnai, L. (Eds.): Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management, Singapore (Springer) 2022, pp. 367-380. [Online ISBN 978-981-19-1158-3] [doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1158-3_30]}, journal = {Mukherjee, S., Zsolnai, L. (Eds.): Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management, Singapore (Springer) 2022, pp. 367-380. [Online ISBN 978-981-19-1158-3] [doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1158-3_30]}, abstract = {One of the challenges of modern business ethics is to deal with the limitations of the existing model of man in economics and business - the image of homo economicus as a rational selfish being - and search for alternative visions of criteria of success for business entrepreneurs and leaders. Business ethics needs the concept of genuine love. Otherwise, business ethics is reduced to an instrumental endeavor and cannot play the ultimate role it should in a world dominated by big corporations which compete fiercely on a global market. The so-called >the Ethics Management Paradox< is an important warning against the problems with a rational and technocratic conception of ethics. The paper applies Erich Fromm's concept of >productive love< in business education. To contextualize Fromm's concept of love, the paper draws on the author's personal experiences with the course >Ethical action< that has been offered for more than two decades at NHH Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen. The central question is: Can Fromm's conception of love be applied in a business school setting with the purpose to develop the students' empathy, to enrich their personal development and their understanding of what a good manager looks like?}, language = {en} } @article{HarrisBrown, author = {Harris, Neal and Brown, Owen}, title = {Erich Fromm and Contemporary Critical Theory}, series = {Bosseau, D .C., Bunyard, T. (Eds.), Critical Theory Today. Political Philosophy and Public Purpose, London et al. (Palgrave Macmillan) 2022, pp. 85-100. [ebook ISBN 978-3-031-07638-1] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07638-1_5]}, journal = {Bosseau, D .C., Bunyard, T. (Eds.), Critical Theory Today. Political Philosophy and Public Purpose, London et al. (Palgrave Macmillan) 2022, pp. 85-100. [ebook ISBN 978-3-031-07638-1] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07638-1_5]}, abstract = {In this chapter, we argue that Frankfurt School Critical Theory is in crisis and we offer three potential remedies drawn from the work of Erich Fromm (1900-1980). Juxtaposing a critical analysis of the state of 'domesticated' contemporary Critical Theory with a sympathetic reconstruction of Fromm's work, we identified crucial insights which have been neglected by many of those who work within the ambit of Frankfurt School Critical Theory today. In this endeavour, we seek to build upon and extend the work of Michael J. Thompson, Stathis Kouvelakis, and Nancy Fraser.}, language = {en} } @article{Stephens, author = {Stephens, Michelle}, title = {More simply human than otherwise: interpersonal psychoanalysis and the field of the >negro problem<}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 83-110.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 83-110.}, language = {en} } @article{Morita, author = {Morita, Kazunao}, title = {Radicalizing the Role of the Emancipatory Teacher in the Crisis of Democracy: Erich Fromm's Psychoanalytic Approach to Deweyan Democratic Education}, series = {Studies in Philosophy and Education, Vol. 41, No. 4 (2022), pp. 467-483. [Online ISSN 1573-191x] [doi.org/10.1007/s11217-022-09830-y]}, journal = {Studies in Philosophy and Education, Vol. 41, No. 4 (2022), pp. 467-483. [Online ISSN 1573-191x] [doi.org/10.1007/s11217-022-09830-y]}, abstract = {This paper explores Erich Fromm's contribution to Deweyan democratic education by referring to his psychoanalytic interpretation of John Dewey's pragmatic theory. First, it employs the work by Gert Biesta to secure a space between critical pedagogy and Deweyan democratic education, from which Fromm's theory can be discussed. Furthermore, it argues that Biesta's perspective offers a valuable theoretical ground to extend the emancipatory potential of Deweyan democratic education, while avoiding some pitfalls of critical pedagogy. Subsequently, the paper contrasts Marcuse's and Fromm's views on Dewey to show how Fromm's understanding of Dewey was more effective than that of Marcuse for developing the potential of Dewey's philosophy. Next, the paper clarifies key similarities and differences between Fromm's psychoanalysis and Dewey's pragmatism, as it is applicable specifically to emancipatory education. Finally, the paper argues that despite the differences between these two thinkers, Fromm's theory further radicalizes Deweyan democratic education by adding new elements to the list of preconditions on the role of the emancipatory teacher.}, language = {en} } @article{Rothe, author = {Rothe, Katharina}, title = {Reproduction and resistance: psychoanalysis in the midst of the political economy}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 138-161.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 138-161.}, language = {en} } @article{Rentmeester, author = {Rentmeester, Casey}, title = {Pharmaceutical Advertising and the Subtle Subversion of Patient Autonomy}, series = {Journal of Medical Humanities, Vol. 43, No. 1 (2022), pp. 159-168. [Online ISSN 1573-3645] [doi.org/10.1007/s10912-020-09633-7]}, journal = {Journal of Medical Humanities, Vol. 43, No. 1 (2022), pp. 159-168. [Online ISSN 1573-3645] [doi.org/10.1007/s10912-020-09633-7]}, abstract = {Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising (DTCPA) is pervasive in the United States. Beyond its effect on consumer behavior, DTCPA changes the relationship between individuals and physicians. The author provides a brief history of pharmaceutical advertising in the United States. The author then analyzes the current commonly used marketing techniques of pharmaceutical companies and argues that pharmaceutical companies are >irrational authorities< in Erich Fromm's sense of the term since they seek to exploit persons. Using concepts from various philosophers from the Continental tradition, with a particular emphasis on the work of Michel Foucault, the author analyzes the power relations involved in DTCPA and ultimately argues that DTCPA subtly undermines the contemporary paradigm of patient autonomy while simultaneously depending upon it by treating health consumers as >dividuals<, that is, as porous entities to be manipulated.}, language = {en} } @article{Rocha, author = {Rocha, Samuel D.}, title = {Obedience}, series = {Journal of Philosophy of Education, Vol.56, No. 4 (2022), pp. 627-636. [Online ISSN 1467-9752] [doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12697]}, journal = {Journal of Philosophy of Education, Vol.56, No. 4 (2022), pp. 627-636. [Online ISSN 1467-9752] [doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12697]}, abstract = {This is a phenomenological description of existential obedience, which draws out a contrast between it and ressentiment and existential envy, and compares it with pedagogical obedience. The discussion is developed with reference especially to the work of Erich Fromm, Emerson, and Nietzsche. Eds.: This paper forms part of a special issue titled >Beyond Virtue and Vice: Education for a Darker Age<, in which the editors invited authors to engage in exercises of >transvaluation<. Certain apparently settled educational concepts (from agency and fulfilment to alienation and ignorance) can be reinterpreted and transvaluated (in a Nietzschean vein) such that virtues become vices, and vices, virtues. The editors encouraged authors to employ polemics and some occasional exaggeration to reimagine educational values that are all too readily accepted within contemporary educational discourses.}, language = {en} } @article{Richards, author = {Richards, Barry}, title = {Freedom Versus Belonging: A Core Ambivalence in Contemporary Political Dynamics}, series = {Frosh, S., Vyrgioti, M., Walsh, J. (Eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies, Cham (Palgrave Macmillan) 2022, pp. 1-23. [Online ISBN 978-3-030-61510-9] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61510-9_41-1]}, journal = {Frosh, S., Vyrgioti, M., Walsh, J. (Eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies, Cham (Palgrave Macmillan) 2022, pp. 1-23. [Online ISBN 978-3-030-61510-9] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61510-9_41-1]}, abstract = {This chapter presents several different conceptualizations of the ambivalence which, it argues, is a central feature of the psyche of the modern individual. It is produced by two basic but potentially contradictory needs - for the assertion of individuality, and for membership of a collectivity. The understanding of this ambivalence is an important contribution of psychoanalysis to psychosocial theory. It bridges between sociohistorical and clinical perspectives and throws light on many aspects of the contemporary world.- The starting point is Fromm's >Fear of Freedom< (1942). Fromm describes the depth of fearful aloneness and vulnerability felt by the modern individual who has emerged from the very limited individuation of pre-modern societies. This leads to the dangers of a regressive escape from that fear, and into identification with an idealized collective, which is the basis of popular support for authoritarianism.- This remains a highly relevant analysis, though another, complementary dynamic must now also be considered. This involves a fear of the collective, a libertarian denial of the pains of separation, and an idealization of the unfettered individual. A deficit of confidence in the core, individuated self produces vulnerability to both of these anxieties, trapping us in an ambivalence between freedom and belonging, unable to feel fully secure with either.- Developments in post-Freudian theory have offered clinically-based elaborations and variations on this idea of a basic ambivalence. Here the focus is on Guntrip's account of the schizoid dilemma, and on descriptions of a >core complex< (Glasser) involving agoraphobic and claustrophobic impulses and oscillations between them. These different formulations converge in their picture of a self unable to live either with or without human relationships.- A number of key topics in politics today are then considered in the light of this analysis: attitudes toward the state, national identity and nationalism, terrorism, and populism. In each area, the expression and interplay of these complementary anxieties and defences against them are seen to contribute to the present difficulties of democracy.}, language = {en} } @article{Sauvayre, author = {Sauvayre, Pascal}, title = {The philosophical foundations of interpersonal psychoanalysis: Albert Dunham Jr. and racial politics}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 111-137.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 111-137.}, language = {en} } @article{WakeFrieSauvayre, author = {Wake, Naoko and Frie, Roger and Sauvayre, Pascal}, title = {The roots of interpersonal psychoanalysis: Harry S. Sullivan, interdisciplinary inquiry, and subjectivity}, series = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 21-48.}, journal = {R. Frie and P. Sauvayre (Eds., Culture, Politics and Race in the Making of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Breaking Boundaries, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 21-48.}, language = {en} } @misc{Wang, author = {Wang, Tian}, title = {Research on Fromm's Humanistic Thought, Master thesis, Philosophy, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong, China 2022.}, abstract = {Nowadays, the society is in the rapid development stage of scientific and technological innovation. However, to some extent, the traditional extensive concept of development has led to increasingly tense conflicts, resulting in increasingly serious conflicts between man and nature, man and man, man and society, and man and himself, seriously affecting the sound development of human society. In China, people-oriented is the starting point and the driving force of social development. >People-centered< is an important principle for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics. In this regard, the importance of human beings is self-evident. In the field of foreign humanistic thought, Fromm is one of the most representative scholars. This thesis examines Fromm's anthropological thought from three aspects: the formation, logical composition, and evaluation of his anthropological thought. The formation of Fromm's humanistic thought is inseparable from three aspects: personal experience, social background, and its theoretical origin. In the logical composition of Fromm's humanistic thought, human nature is the core element of Fromm's humanistic thought. He carried out research and analysis on human nature from four aspects. First, the dualistic definition of human nature. Specifically discussed from the following angles: one was based on the original living conditions, insurmountable survival ambiguities and non-inevitable history to explain the contradiction of human nature; the other was to analyze the relationship between human nature and human nature and the relationship between human nature and survival needs to interpret human consciousness. Secondly, Fromm regarded the concept of social character as the intermediary link between individuals and society. Thirdly, Fromm analyzed the concept of alienation from the perspective of psychology and sociology, and exposed the alienation of people in modern Western society in the unconscious level and the reality level through criticizing the alienation of capitalism. Finally, Fromm put forward a set of strategies for solving alienation problems based on psychological revolution and social revolution, which provides a relatively complete solution strategy for the problem of social change. Specifically, it takes >moral renewal< as a prerequisite, and at the same time takes into account the reform work in the political, economic and cultural fields, so as to create a better environment for the all-round development of individuals. Fromm's anthropological thought has the characteristics of value presupposition and utopia. From the standpoint of Marxism, although Fromm's humanistic thought has certain limitations, the humanistic criticism of his humanistic thought on society has promoted the happiness and development of human beings, which has certain practical significance. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 4/2023]}, language = {en} } @misc{Yang, author = {Yang, Zhaoxin}, title = {On the Theory of Needs by William Leiss, Master thesis, Philosophy, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 2022.}, abstract = {In the process of the continuous development of capitalism, the ecological crisis and a series of environmental problems have been caused by the incorrect understanding of the relationship between man and nature. In this context, William Leiss, who has long been concerned about ecological issues, criticized the capitalist society on the basis of inheriting and developing Marxism's theory of need and Herbert Marcuse's theory of >True or false need<, with a new perspective to explain the needs of the capitalist system of human needs, the formation of their own ideological characteristics of the needs of the theory. Specifically, William Leiss is mainly concerned with the complexity of human desires, which is an important reason for the formation of the capitalist high consumption society, and the need to be oriented toward the commodity world, which is the root cause of the formation of the capitalist high consumption society, and the thought of human conquering nature is the important foundation of the formation of the capitalist high-consumption society. On this basis, Leiss pays attention to the quality of commodities, pays attention to the multi-dimension and relevance of human needs, and understands the close relationship between human needs and natural environment, familiar with the estimated characteristics of commodities in four aspects of the future human needs to express and meet the concept, and the future human needs to express and meet the way to explore, namely the following four aspects, advocating a general orientation of human needs towards a non-single field of goods, and an open minded self-interest to replace anthropocentrism ideology in an easily viable society, it is suggested that natural entities have the same legal rights as human beings. William Leiss's theory of needs, while providing a new perspective on the mode of production of capitalism, enriches ecological Marxism and provides a useful reference for the establishment of a correct concept of consumption, but there is also a certain degree of misunderstanding of Marxism's concept of goods, the lack of a certain global vision, its proposed solution is utopian. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 4/2023]}, language = {en} } @article{Zhu, author = {Zhu, Yeqin}, title = {An Analysis of >Play It as It Lays< from the Perspective of Fromm's Alienation Theory [application of Fromm's theories to art]}, series = {Overseas English [海外英语], No. 8 (2021), pp. 233-235.}, journal = {Overseas English [海外英语], No. 8 (2021), pp. 233-235.}, abstract = {Joan Didion is an outstanding female writer who has achieved a distinctive position in contemporary literature. Her second novel, >Play It as It Lays<, is nominated for a National Book Award. Set in Hollywood and Las Vegas, it presents the alienated world through exquisite description of its protagonist Maria. Based on Erich Fromm's Alienation Theory, this essay attempts to analyze the alienation in the novel from two aspects: first, the novel's materialistic environment in the 1960s; second, the alienated relationship between spouses as well as between parents and children. [English translation: www.cnki.net, 5/2021]}, language = {en} } @article{Dedousis, author = {Dedousis, Konstantinos}, title = {Doping as a Manifestation of a Narcissistic Civilization}, series = {Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2021), pp. 88-102. [ Online ISSN: 1751-133X] [doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2019.1638960]}, journal = {Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2021), pp. 88-102. [ Online ISSN: 1751-133X] [doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2019.1638960]}, abstract = {Over every and each sport event, a dark veil spreads and obfuscates the celebration: doping. Although anti-doping policies have been widely applied, controlling and diminishing this phenomenon has not been achieved yet and the use of doping is commonplace. In this article, I propose the concept of narcissistic civilization as a tool to interpret this phenomenon. I seek for a parallel reading between the Freudian idea of narcissism and its extension to social narcissism by Fromm, together with Heidegger's analysis of technology, keeping in mind that doping is a technological application. In this way I point out that both theories share a common view in that humans tend to fail in the distinction between the external reality as an object and their own self as the interpreter that is between the >I< and the >not I<. By making this fusion of the two theories that originate from different intellectual traditions, I aspire to provide an interpretation tool for the broad use of doping: I conclude that doping can be understood with the assumption of a narcissistic civilization, focused on technology that calls for the use of PEDs.}, language = {en} } @article{Ailon, author = {Ailon, Galit}, title = {Profit, Self, and Agency: A Reevaluation}, series = {Critical Sociology, Vol. 48, No. 2 (2021), pp. 251-264. [Online ISSN 1569-1632] [doi.org/10.1177/08969205211002250]}, journal = {Critical Sociology, Vol. 48, No. 2 (2021), pp. 251-264. [Online ISSN 1569-1632] [doi.org/10.1177/08969205211002250]}, abstract = {In 1939, Erich Fromm argued that capitalist culture imbues the pursuit of economic advantage with moral tensions that harm self and psyche. Since this time, the inner implications of such tensions have been somewhat overlooked by theorists, and not without seemingly good reasons. By many accounts, social and technological developments in the later decades of the 20th century have ostensibly reduced the cultural tensions surrounding profit making and mitigated their inner effects. This article, however, presents a different account. Drawing from literature on culture, self, and subjectivity in the neoliberal era, it argues that the tensions Fromm identified have actually been recreated in new, sometimes more elusive ways that bear substantial inner costs. Moreover, focusing on economic elites, this article analytically explores the agentic implications of these inner costs. It argues that the moral tensions that haunt profit making ironically stand at the basis of capitalist agency, shaping its materialistic default through processes rooted in self.}, language = {en} }