@article{Sakurai, author = {Sakurai, Takamichi}, title = {The Socio-Psychological Base of Contemporary Fascism in the World of Liberal Democracy. The Theoretical Scope of Erich Fromm's Socio-Pathological Theory of Alienation}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 143-155.}, volume = {e22/2018h}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 143-155.}, language = {en} } @article{Sakurai, author = {Sakurai, Takamichi}, title = {Contemporary Fascist Chauvinism in Terms of Erich Fromm's Theory of Alienation. A Theoretical Suggestion for an Analysis of Contemporary Society (in Japanese)}, series = {Journal Jōkyō, Vol. 5 (No. 6, 2017), pp. 115-126.}, journal = {Journal Jōkyō, Vol. 5 (No. 6, 2017), pp. 115-126.}, language = {ja} } @book{Sakurai, author = {Sakurai, Takamichi}, title = {Political Theories of Narcissism: Towards Self-Reflection on Knowl- edge and Politics from the Psychoanalytic Perspectives of Erich Fromm and Fujita Shōzō, M{\"u}nster (LIT Verlag), 2018.}, language = {en} } @article{Sakurai, author = {Sakurai, Takamichi}, title = {A Frommian perspective on the socio-psychological structure of post-fascism in liberal democracies}, series = {Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, published online 19 April 2020.}, journal = {Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, published online 19 April 2020.}, abstract = {My research explores Erich Fromm's social theories of narcissism, alienation and authoritarianism for the purpose of linking those theories together, thereby analysing current populist phenomena as an extension of a fascist development in terms of Enzo Traverso's conception of post-fascism. In my view, Fromm's critical social theory of narcissism, which pertains to his two other theories, has great potential to unravel current political issues in liberal democracies that are generally tackled in terms of populism. Through a demonstration of the theoretical scope of Fromm's social theory, which sheds light on pathological social and political phenomena in historical continuity, I argue that the primary tasks of Critical Theory in Frommian terms are to divulge the sources of fascist orientations in seemingly democratic practice and to offer appropriate remedies for these difficulties. In this light, I conclude that in terms of a Frommian social theory of narcissism, fascist types of politics thrive even in advanced liberal-democratic countries, taking the form of authoritarian populism, particularly where society rests on a narcissistic character structure intertwined with an authoritarian orientation.}, language = {en} } @misc{Sakurai, author = {Sakurai, Takamichi}, title = {Political Theory and Narcissism. Towards the Self. Reflection•of Knowledge and Politics through Focusing on the Psychoanalyltic Perspectives of Erich Fromm and Sh{\"o}z{\"o} Fujita. Dissertation Political Theory, University of Heidelberg, 2014, 292 pp.}, language = {en} } @article{Sakurai, author = {Sakurai, Takamichi}, title = {The Socio-Theoretical Relevance of Erich Fromm's Psychoanalytic Conception of Narcissism: Towards a Frommian Critical Social Theory of Narcissism}, series = {Theoria, Vol. 68, No. 166, pp. 1-30.}, journal = {Theoria, Vol. 68, No. 166, pp. 1-30.}, abstract = {This article methodologically explores Erich Fromm's theory of narcissism in socio-theoretical terms while referring to his theory of alienation. It thereby portrays the foundations of an analytical method of far-right politics in the context of capitalism and demonstrates that malignant narcissism touches off fascism without regard to authoritarianism. Essentially, the Freudian psychoanalytic concept of narcissism lies in Fromm's social theory. However, it is possible to discern the theoretical essence of his social theory characteristically in his conception of alienation. By focusing on this theoretical concern, I argue that in Fromm's social theory the concept of narcissism works on a socio-pathological level, particularly in the way in which it synchronizes with alienation, a social phenomenon that fulfils its important functions in conjunction with the marketing orientation under the conditions of a market society, and therefore that the concept plays an overriding role in his theory of alienation. I conclude that the relevance of a Frommian critical social theory of narcissism for our society is best showcased by the concept of postfascism.}, language = {en} }