@article{Aslam, author = {Aslam, Mohammad}, title = {Freedom and Determinism in Erich Fromm}, series = {Academicia. An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, Vol. 7, No. 5 (2017), pp. [Online ISSN 2249-7137] [doi.org/10.5958/2249-7137.2017.00049.0]}, journal = {Academicia. An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, Vol. 7, No. 5 (2017), pp. [Online ISSN 2249-7137] [doi.org/10.5958/2249-7137.2017.00049.0]}, abstract = {The argument of freedom and determinism between psychologists and philosophers has existed for many years. Philosophers search and researches are going on to get the solution of the problems that human being either free or determine. We are still not in a position to give the answer of the question regarding human freedom and determination. People who are determined assume that behavior is determined by outside and internal forces performing on the human being. For example of an outside force could be parents supporting a kind of behavior thereby encouraging it. On the other hand an internal force would be driven by hormones. People who believe in free will assume that things are a bit difficult. They know that there is external and internal factors but they believe that people are free to choose their own action. The freedom and determination debate could be finished up by the query that could a person's behavior have been different in a certain situation if they willed it? People who are deterministic would disagree and those who believe in free will would agree.}, language = {en} } @article{Aslam, author = {Aslam, Mohammad}, title = {Erich Fromm's Concept of Mental Health in Society}, series = {International Research Journal of Commerce Arts and Science, Vol. 7 (No. 8), pp. 4-11.}, journal = {International Research Journal of Commerce Arts and Science, Vol. 7 (No. 8), pp. 4-11.}, abstract = {The social psychologist and humanistic philosopher Erich Fromm was very much determining to exploration of the deep ills of modern society and how to overcome them. Fromm's primary emphasis is on evaluating the sanity of contemporary society, which he suggests often deny its citizen‟ basic human needs of productive activity, self actualization, freedom and love. He suggests that the mental health of a society cannot be assessed in an abstract manner but must focus on specific economic, social and political factors at play in any given society and should consider whether these factors contribute are conducive to mental stability. Fromm's foremost interests were analyzing social systems and their impact on the mental health of the individual as well as society. In this way he reaches further and asks: >Can a society be sick?< He finds that it can, arguing that Western culture is immersed in a >pathology of normalcy< that affects the mental health of individuals.}, language = {en} }