@article{Sumiga, author = {Sumiga, Drazen}, title = {The Postmodern Critique of the Subject and Fromm's Idea of the Birth of the Subject in Time and History}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 050-074.}, volume = {e22/2018d}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 050-074.}, abstract = {In this article we will explore the postmodern conception of the >death< of the subject and the fol-lowing postmodern philosophical premises: the critique of the master narratives, the critique of metaphysics, the deconstruction of foundationalism, and the critique of the Enlightenment notion of the autonomous and free subject. In the central part of the article we will explore the limitations of the postmodern philosophy and introduce Fromm's notion of the birth of the self in the time-history continuum. Contrary to the postmodern philosophy, we will insist on Fromm's non-essentialist notion of being as a paradox and on the notion of the human agency which is crucial for the psychoanalytic (therapeutic) work and a personal transformation.}, language = {en} } @article{Silver, author = {Silver, Catherine}, title = {Rethinking Erich Fromm's Analysis of Power Relations in Socio-Psychological Research and Through the Social Third in the Clinical Encounter}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 230-243.}, volume = {e23/2019t}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 230-243.}, abstract = {This paper explores Fromm's dialectic analysis of power relations as it applies to the dynamics of change at the societal and personal levels. First, the paper discusses the use of empirical research—system justification theory—to test the impact of socio-psychological and structural resistances to change. Second, it looks at the concept of The Social Third to illustrate Fromm's clinical approach around connectedness, subjectivity, narcissism, internalization of normative structures and the centrality of the concept of social character in shaping the dynamics of change.}, language = {en} } @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{Rudnytsky, author = {Rudnytsky, Peter L.}, title = {>I Am Not What I Am<: Iago and Negative Transcendence}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 021-037.}, volume = {e22/2018b}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 021-037.}, abstract = {One of the perennial questions in Shakespeare studies concerns what Coleridge called the >motiveless malignity< of Iago. Instead of looking at Iago as an individual, however, I will argue that he is best understood as a representation of the >social character< of early modern bourgeois man. Iago's denial of spiritual values and his mercenary nature can be understood in this light. Fromm's theses concerning the interconnections among anal libido, the death instinct, malignant aggression, and necrophilia all find support in Shake-speare's supreme villain.}, language = {en} } @article{Pinkas, author = {Pinkas, Ronen}, title = {Reflections on Erich Fromm's Position on Religion in Light of Hermann Cohen}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 126-142.}, volume = {e22/2018g}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 126-142.}, abstract = {This paper presents Fromm's (1900-1980) ap-proach to religion and religiosity, in light of Hermann Cohen (1842-1918) thought. Despite differences in their thought, Cohen and Fromm share some things in common. Their critique of culture is based on a unique definition of das Individuum, the human condition. They demon-strate a cautious approach to modernity and progress.}, language = {en} } @article{Minchev, author = {Minchev, Plamen}, title = {Problems of Cross-Cultural Social Character Research}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 223-229.}, volume = {e23/2019s}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 223-229.}, abstract = {The paper presents a study of the social character of 16 people with an adapted version of the social character questionnaires developed by Erich Fromm and Michael Maccoby (Fromm \& Maccoby 1970b) and Rainer Funk and colleagues (Fromm-Gesellschaft 1995). The difficulties during the analysis of the responses are described and the main cultural differences that are responsible for these difficulties are analyzed.}, language = {en} } @article{McLaughlin, author = {McLaughlin, Neil}, title = {Who Killed off Fromm's Reputation in North America? Russell Jacoby's Social Amnesia and the Forgetting of a Public Intellectual}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 21 / 2017, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 07-21.}, volume = {e21/2017a}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 21 / 2017, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 07-21.}, language = {en} } @article{Maciel, author = {Maciel, Fabr{\´i}cio}, title = {Erich Fromm and the Culture of Contemporary Capitalism}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 058-069.}, volume = {e23/2019e}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 058-069.}, abstract = {In the first part, the article reconstructs, through the idea of >pathology of normalcy,< Fromm's critique of the cultural foundations of contemporary capitalism. In the second part, it is carried forward through the concepts of >social character< and new< capitalism, such as Axel Honneth, Richard Sennett and Boltanski \& Chiapello.}, language = {en} } @article{MaccobyMclaughlin, author = {Maccoby, Michael and Mclaughlin, Neil}, title = {Sociopsychoanalysis and Radical Humanism: A Fromm-Bourdieu Synthesis}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 045-057.}, volume = {e23/2019d}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 045-057.}, abstract = {Mainstream social science has been blindsided by the rise of Trumpism and broader growth of authoritarian populism. We make the case that Frommian work is desperately needed inside the core of contemporary social science theorizing by examining social character theory up against and alongside the concept of habitus developed by French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Both Fromm and Bourdieu were concerned with the human costs of social change and economic development, Fromm with his writings on advanced capitalism in The Sane Society (1955a) and on Mexican village life in Social Character in a Mexican Village (with Michael Maccoby, 1970b), and Bourdieu with his extended studies of peasants in Algeria during the French colonial war of the 1950s and early 1960s. We will compare and contrast the theory of social character developed in the Mexican study with Bourdieu's concept of habitus, and discuss what Fromm's ideas can add to Bourdieu-influenced critical social science.}, language = {en} } @article{Lorenzen, author = {Lorenzen, S{\"u}nje}, title = {Alienation and >Productive Orientation< in Work. A Contribution to Erich Fromm's Critical Analysis of Society}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 108-117.}, volume = {e23/2019i}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 108-117.}, abstract = {Erich Fromm had developed a dialectical approach on alienation phenomena in work. On the one side he criticizes today's poor working conditions and on the other side he shows productive orientation in work. In my essay I will discuss empirical and theoretical contributions of social-psychological research in this Frommian perspective.}, language = {en} } @article{Leontiev, author = {Leontiev, Dmitry}, title = {Self-Conscious Person Above Social Pressures: Erich Fromm's Guidelines for Individual Liberation}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 169-176.}, volume = {e23/2019n}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 169-176.}, abstract = {Erich Fromm succeeded in embracing with equal depth all the main aspects of human existence: unconscious dynamics, social formative influences and self-determination of the human being as a conscious agent. This last aspect of Fromm's heritage allows us to speak of him as an existentially minded thinker. His analysis of human situation, theory of existential needs, view on human nature as undefined, theory of freedom and theory of being as opposed to having make a priceless contribution to the existentialist line of thought.}, language = {en} } @article{Leisinger, author = {Leisinger, Klaus M.}, title = {The Art oft Leading. The Significance of Personality and Character in the Choice of Business Leaders}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 075-108.}, volume = {e22/2018e}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 075-108.}, language = {en} } @article{Kuehn, author = {K{\"u}hn, Thomas}, title = {Leadership in a Digitally Transforming Social World Based on Fromm's Humanistic Approach}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 095-107.}, volume = {e23/2019h}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 095-107.}, abstract = {In the social sciences, there are different point of views on how social change has an impact on good leadership in contemporary societies. As a contribution to this debate, this article builds on basic ideas of the humanistic approach of Erich Fromm and highlights the associated possibilities for an adequate understanding of contemporary leadership demands. Key narratives and open questions related to challenges for leadership in contemporary societies facing digital transformation are evaluated from a Frommian perspective.}, language = {en} } @article{Jimenez, author = {Jimenez, Luis}, title = {Revisiting Fromm's Concept of Social Character and Social Change: An Example from De-Industrialized Working Class Communities in the UK}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 182-198.}, volume = {e23/2019p}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 182-198.}, abstract = {This paper highlights the relevance of Erich Fromm's concepts of social character and social change to offer a more nuanced understanding of the neo-liberal inter-generational traumatic legacy of loss of stable work, changing worker gendered identity, disrupted affect, community engagement and historical memory within a global context of insecure labour and emerging neoliberal forms of social character in the aftermath of massive redundancies and unemployment experienced recently in some post-industrial working class communities in the UK.}, language = {en} } @article{Hietalahti, author = {Hietalahti, Jarno}, title = {The Necrophilic Laughter: Humor as a Social Pathology}, series = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 038-049.}, volume = {e22/2018c}, journal = {Fromm Forum (English Edition - ISSN 1437-1189), 22 / 2018, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 038-049.}, abstract = {In this article, I claim that humor can be a form of social pathology. In opposition to the general humor-affirmative atmosphere, I develop the critical tradition of humor research, and suggest that there is a darker side to fun and laughter. Using insights from Henri Bergson's theory about laughter and Erich Fromm's critical social thinking, I formulate a novel theoretical combination which opens up fruitful perspectives on contemporary humor and its social nature. This empirically motivated conceptual position helps us to understand the role and function of humor and laughter. My conclusion is that parts of the contemporary humor catalogue reflect collective destructive and even death-orientated tendencies. The main argument is that if humor is not in line with humanistic values and is not based on a life-orientated worldview, it is in danger of becoming pathological.}, language = {en} }