TY - JOUR A1 - Lai, Yanjun T1 - Analysis of the Neurotic Image of the Main Character of >A Clockwork Orange< [《发条橙》主人公的神经症形象分析] [application of Fromm's theories to art] JF - JinGu Creative Literature [今古文创], No. 10 (2023), pp. 19-21. N2 - 《发条橙》(1962)是英国作家伯吉斯的代表性作品。本文通过文本细读的方式,从主人公亚历克斯的神经症人物形象入手,重点运用卡伦·霍尼和弗洛姆的神经症人格等理论,揭示青年主人公激烈反叛的成长历程,这在《发条橙》研究中是新尝试,为小说文本提供新的解读空间。《发条橙》是20世纪中期西方现代小说的现象级作品,分析其主人公的神经症形象的塑造,既是对当时社会文化的反思和批判,也能为当下个体自由和健康发展提供启示,以人文关怀的视角观照当代文化的建构。 N2 - >A Clockwork Orange< (1962) is a representative work by British author Burgess. Through a close reading of the text, this paper begins with the neurotic characterization of the main character Alex, focusing on theories such as Karen Horney and Fromm's neurotic personality to reveal the fiercely rebellious upbringing of the young protagonist, which is a new attempt in the study of >A Clockwork Orange< and provides a new space for the interpretation of the novel's text. >A Clockwork Orange< is a phenomenal work of modern Western fiction in the mid-20th century, and analyzing the creation of its protagonist's neurotic personality is both a reflection and critique of the society and culture of the time, as well as an inspiration for the freedom and healthy development of individuals in the present, and a humanistic perspective on the construction of contemporary culture. [Translation: www.DeepL/Translator, free version, 4/2023] Y1 - 2023 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kucheryavenko, O. I. T1 - Family from the Philosophical and Psychological Points of View JF - философия и культура [Philosophy and Culture], No. 2 (2009). [ISSN: 1999-2793] N2 - The author analyzed the history of the social institution – family. The author underlined that there were various approaches to that social and cultural matter and discussed S. Freud’s, A. Adler’s and E. Fromm’s conceptions. Y1 - 2009 ER - TY - GEN ED - Krenzlin, Kathleen T1 - >Schreibe mir nur immer viel<. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Hans und Lea Grundig. Ein Werkstattbericht Im Auftrag der Akademie der Künste, Berlin, und der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung hg. von Kathleen Krenzlin, Berlin und München (Deutscher Kunstverlag), 2022, 244 pp. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krenzlin, Kathleen T1 - >Schreibe mir nur immer viel<. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Hans und Lea Grundig JF - K. Krenzlin (Hg.), >Schreibe mir nur immer viel<. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Hans und Lea Grundig. Ein Werkstattbericht Im Auftrag der Akademie der Künste, Berlin, und der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung hg. von Kathleen Krenzlin, Berlin und München (Deutscher Kunstverlag), 2022, pp. 015-048. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kozlarek, Oliver T1 - From the humanism of critical theory to critical humanism JF - European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 24, No. 2 (2021), pp. 246-263. [Online ISSN 1461-7137] [doi.org/10.1177/1368431020960958] N2 - Following Max Horkheimer, I will first attempt to reconstruct an anthropology that essentially wants to be understood as critical social research. I will then pursue the question of humanism in critical theory. In doing so, I want to show that a reference to a normatively substantive humanism does actually exist in critical theory. On the other hand, I want to show that this humanism is anything but unambiguously and systematically formulated but has been reflected and articulated differently by different representatives of critical theory. The two examples I will refer to here are Theodor W. Adorno and Erich Fromm. I will define Adorno’s humanism as ‘dialectical humanism’, whereas Fromm’s humanism could be described as ‘emphatic humanism’. My reading, however, attempts to interrogate the two positions as to their complementarity. Not ‘Adorno or Fromm’, but ‘Adorno and Fromm’ is the motto that guides me. Finally, I will relate this complementary reading of both approaches in such a way that the possibility of a ‘Critical Humanism’ can be derived from it, which above all also wants to be understood as a sociological research program. Y1 - 2021 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kong, Yue T1 - The Road to Eliminating the Alienation – An Interpretation of >Brick Lane< from the Perspective of Fromm’s Alienation Theory, Master thesis, English Language and Literature, Liaoning Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China 2022 [application of Fromm's theories to art]. N2 - [Chinese abstract not available.] Monica Ali is a British Bengali female writer. She was listed as the best young British novelist by Granta, a famous English literary magazine. >Brick Lane<>Brick Lane<>Brick Lane< is a representative work of Ali, whose other notable works include >Alentejo Blue< and >In the Kitchen<. >Brick Lane< tells the story of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi girl who immigrates to Great Britain with her husband. The heroine of the novel, Nazneen, is a traditional and conservative woman at first. After the baptism of immigrant life and the change of her own thinking, she eventually grows into an independent and confident woman. Her husband Chanu is always looking forward to a bright future in Britain, but he is ostracised. In the end, they make different choices about their immigrant lives. In Ali’s work, she describes the intense and difficult life of Bengali immigrants incisively and vividly, but also profoundly reveals the alienation of the relationship among the characters in the novel. This thesis uses Fromm’s alienation theory from three aspects: alienation of human’s self relationship, man’s alienation from others and man’s alienation from society to interpret the alienation of characters in >Brick Lane<, and it further discusses the ways to eliminate alienation through the elaboration of alienation phenomenon.– First of all, this thesis gives a brief description of the author Monica Ali’s life and introduces the plot of the novel >Brick Lane< and the research status of scholars at home and abroad on >Brick Lane<.– Secondly, this thesis introduces the evolution of Fromm’s alienation theory and three main aspects of alienation. In the background of immigrant life, the characters in the novel blindly pursue high status in the western society. And under the influence of traditional ideas, women blindly follow men’s arrangements, lose their self-consciousness and produce self-alienation. In addition, the abnormal relationship between husband and wife also leads to the alienation between people.– Thirdly, immigrants are a special group and they have conflicts with the local social culture. Therefore, this thesis focuses on the analysis of the alienation between man and society and how to eliminate this alienation, so that people can be able to live in an equal and harmonious social environment.– Finally, it is the conclusion of the thesis. This thesis aims to explore how to effectively eliminate alienation when people are in an alienated environment by analyzing the alienation state and redemption methods of characters in >Brick Lane<. At the same time, it reminds us to fully realize our own values and give play to our subjectivity to eliminate alienation. And we should learn to get along with others in a loving way to build a healthy and equal society. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 9/2022] Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kong, Yinfan T1 - Malaise of Modernity in Ian McEwan’s >The Children Act<, Master thesis, Yanbin University, Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China 2022 [application of Fromm's theories to art]. N2 - >The Children Act< (2014) is a novel published by Ian McEwan, one of the most influential contemporary British writers. The novel explores the tensions and conflicts between slave mentality and master mentality, law and religion, emotion and rationality, unfolds the aftermath caused by those conflicts and eventually ends up with the failed salvation. Taking Max Weber’s instrumental rationality and value rationality as the theoretical framework, this thesis draws on Nietzsche’s philosophy of the will to power and love of one’s fate, as well as Erich Fromm’s interpretation of freedom, etc. Through meticulous textual analysis, this thesis exposes the crisis of modernity caused by the unilateral emphasis on instrumental rationality in society at the expense of value rationality and explores the gradual degeneration of modern man into a one-dimensional man in the general environment of utilitarian supremacy and negative freedom. This thesis consists of five parts. The first part introduces McEwan and >The Children Act<, and the literature review and the structure of this thesis are also included. The second part discusses the tensions and conflicts in >The Children Act<, such as the conflicts between slave mentality and master mentality, the irreconcilable conflict between religion and law, and the imbalance between emotion and rationality. The third part is the aftermath of tensions and conflicts in modern society, such as fear of freedom, one-dimensional man and utilitarianism. This part mainly discusses the paradox of freedom and the typical escape mechanism of negative freedom through the spiritual exploration and destruction of the character Adam. The fourth part explores the importance of value rationality using Adam’s resentment and self-destruction and analyzes the essential roles of literature and art in modern society. The fifth part is the conclusion of this thesis. It is fully elucidated in McEwan’s novel that the balance between instrumental rationality and value rationality is indispensable, and the aesthetic experience brought by poetry and music in modern fast-paced life is the possible way to restore the harmonious relationship. [www.cnki.net, 11/2022] Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Klug, Helga T1 - Die Finanzkrise 2008 im Unbewussten. Über die Ökonomie des Seelenlebens in Zeiten der Krise, Wiesbaden (Springer) 2020m 266 pp. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - King, Vera A1 - Schmid Noerr, Gunzelin T1 - Conceptions of the superego in sociological and socio-psychological analyses JF - The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 101, No. 4 (2020), pp. 740-756. [Online ISSN 1745-8315] [doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2020.1780734] N2 - This paper provides a historical overview of the reception of the superego concept in sociology and psychoanalytic social psychology. Central to the discussion are the ways in which classical and contemporary approaches (e.g. Parsons, Elias, Bourdieu) have responded to Freud’s theories concerning the genesis of the superego and its changes in the course of psychic development, to his suppositions concerning anthropology and psychopathology, and to later psychoanalytic extensions of the concept (e.g. Klein, Erikson and Loewald). With reference to Freud’s works of cultural critique, special emphasis is given to conceptions of the superego in studies on authoritarianism, adaptation and morality, notably by the Frankfurt School (Fromm, Horkheimer, Adorno). The authors also discuss the historical changes undergone by the superego concept and examine by way of examples the benefits of concept for achieving a clearer understanding of recent societal trends associated with contemporary phenomena such as digitization and optimization. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kimmelman, George T1 - Review Fromm, E.: Man for Himself. An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics (1947a, English) JF - The Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, Vol. 43, No. 4 (1948), pp., 555-557. [Online ISBN 2769-755X] [doi.org/10.1037/h0051918] N2 - […] Erich Fromm's latest work is an ambitious attempt to synthesize psychoanalysis and ethics by grounding the norms of the latter in the integrated personality. The ethical agent is characterized by a >productive orientation< which permits him to realize his constructive potentialities in thought, work, and love. Virtue consists in recognizing his obligation to his mature self; vice, in denying his obligation and therefore >mutilating< his thwarted self. The good life finds itself validated not by authoritarian dogma or supernatural sanction but by man's constructive needs and aspirations as disclosed in the findings of psychology and anthropology. Fromm's position, therefore, allies him not only with those rationalists and humanists whose ethical orientation is anthropocentric in the best sense of the word but also with the modern naturalists who maintain that ethical judgments can be the subject matter of a scientific morality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) Y1 - 1948 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kimmelman, George T1 - Moral maturity and psychology JF - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol.18, No. 3 (1948), pp. 552-554. [Online ISSN 1939-0025] [doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1948.tb05117.x] N2 - Comments on the book >Man for Himself< by Erich Fromm […] Hose, who enjoyed the provocative manipulation of psychological concepts in >Escape from Freedom< no doubt will be further rewarded by Fromm's continued exploration of contemporary character-structure, but they will find little, to enlighten them on ethical theory and practice. Fromm's book is an ambitious attempt to synthesize psychoanalysis and ethics by grounding the norms of the latter in the integrated personality. The ethical agent is characterized by a >productive orientation< which permits him to realize his constructive potentialities in thought, work, and love. One of the defects of the book is the absence of any specific societal program which can affect the integrated personality. Another defect lies in a dereliction which the author shares, with all other humanists and naturalists who have dealt with ethics; i.e., the lack of emphasis upon the implicit moral character of the sciences themselves. (APA PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved) Y1 - 1948 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kim, Mee Jin T1 - 노인자살 원인으로서의 소외에 대한 분석과 소외 극복을 위한 기독교 상담 [Christian Consultation for the Analysis and Overcoming of Alienation, Cause of Suicide in the Elderlys] JF - 한국기독교상담학회지 [Korean Journal of Christian Counseling (KJCC)], Vol. 25, No. 3 (2014), pp. 9-46. N2 - 본 연구는 노년기 자살에서 자살의 원인이 되는 소외에 관한 연구이다. 소외가 노인자살의 주요한 원인이 되는 것에 착안하여 노인자살의 원인으로서의 소외에 관한 연구를 시도하게 되었다. 아울러 소외에 관하여는 Irvin Yalom의 실존주의 심리학적 관점과 Erich Fromm의 사회심리학적 관점, Paul Tillich 실존신학적 관점에서 연구를 하였다. 그리고 이들의 소외 개념을 통합하여 노인자살 문제에 적용했으며 또한 양적 연구와 질적 연구를 통하여 임상적으로 입증하고자 시도하였다. 연구의 결과로 드러난 노인자살의 원인으로 소외현상은 네 가지로 나타났는데, 자기소외, 대인관계의 소외, 사회심리적 소외, 신과의 소외로 나타났다. 이러한 문제의 소외 극복을 위한 상담 방법적 결론은 상담자와의 참 만남을 통하여 소외에 직면할 힘을 가지게 됨의 중요성과, 죽음을 피하는 것이 아니라 오히려 죽음에 직면함으로 죽음 불안을 극복하는 방법임을 알 수 있었다. 노인자살의 원인으로 소외를 극복하기 위해 기독교 상담학적인 고찰을 통하여 얻어진 결론은 소외 극복을 위한 새로운 존재의 가능성을 제시하였고 노년기 자살의 수동적인 유형으로 죽음에 대해 소망하는 것을 궁극적 관심에 대한 소망으로의 전환과 전인적인 기독교 상담을 통한 소외 극복 방안의 필요성을 알 수 있었다. N2 - This research is on alienation, the cause of suicide in the elderly. This research has studied on alienation as cause of the suicide in aged people considering that fact that alienation is the main cause of the suicide for the elderly. In addition, the research has been done from Yalom’s existential psychological and Fromm’s socio–psychological and Tillich’s existential theology point of view. This research also has applied and proved clinically the creative concept that has been derived by integrating and applying these concept of alienation to the suicide of the elderly through quantitative study and qualitative study. The important conclusion showed 4 elements as the cause of suicide in the elderly; self–alienation, alienation in personal relationship, socio–psychological alienation and alienation from the God. The conclusion of the consultive method to overcome the alienation was that the participants could overcome the uneasiness about death by confronting death and they get the force to confront alienation through the truthful meeting with the consultant, and that confronting the alienation not evading it was the very overcoming of the alienation. The end result obtained through the christian consultive consideration in order to overcome the alienation, the cause of the suicide in the elderly, is the suggestion the new being for overcoming the alienation and the desire for death, as the passive type of suicide during old age, should be transformed into the desire for the ultimate interest. Also it is important to plan the way of overcoming the alienation by a wholesome consultation. Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kim, Jong-sik T1 - 에리히 프롬 사상의 교육적 의미 – 『소유냐 존재냐』를 중심으로 [The Educational Meaning of Erich Fromm's Thought – Focusing on >Having or Being<] JF - The Journal of Education [교육논총] Vol. 36, No. 2 (2016), pp. 153-171. N2 - 자아 상실은 현대인의 내적 공허감이나 쉴새없이 무엇인가를 소유해야만 하는 욕구 등에서 잘 나타났다. 아무 것도 시작할 수 없게 만드는 고통스러운 권태, 내적인 무기력, 자기 추진력의 상실과 그에 따른 의기소침 등이 그런 현상에 속한다. 또 자기 자신과 홀로 대면하는 것을 몹시 꺼려하는 현대인의 두려움도 마찬가지로 존재 상실의 결과라 하겠다. 어떤 형태로 표출되든지 간에 존재의 결핍은 창조능력의 부재를 의미한다. 이 글의 목표는 프롬의 저서 『소유냐 존재냐』를 중심으로 소유와 존재의 개념을 밝히고, ‘소유적 실존 양식’과 ‘존재적 실존 양식’의 이해를 위해 두 실존양식을 비교하여 프롬이 말하는 ‘실존적 욕구’가 왜 교육의 기준점이 되어야 하는가를 이해하는 것이다. 이 글은 프롬의 저서 『소유냐 존재냐』를 교육적으로 해석하는 방법을 취할 것이다. 이 글에서 이용한 텍스트는 차경화(2015) 옮김, 『소유냐 존재냐』 임을 밝혀 둔다. N2 - The current research aims to understand Fromm’s >To Have or To Be< and to apply its implications to education. Employing the method of hermeneutics, two fundamental concepts, >To Have< and >To Be<, are explored in relation to education. It is claimed that >Being< mode, rather than >Having< mode, should be recognized as a basis of education, since education has to pursuit activeness rather than passiveness, which is the premiss of >To Be< and ultimately leads to an individual’s pursuit of happiness. Y1 - 2016 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Kilanowski, Marcin T1 - W obronie ludzkiej godności i solidarności. Erich Fromm i Isaiah Berlin ku nowym filozoficznym podstawom państwa i prawa [In Defense of Human Dignity and Solidarity. Erich Fromm and Isaiah Berlin towards New Philosophical Foundations of State and Law], Toruń (Scientific Publishing House of the Nicolaus Copernicus University) Poland 2018, 508 pp., Polish. [ISBN: 978-83-231-4017-7] N2 - Filozofia jest bogatym źródłem alternatywnych narracji opisujących, w jaki sposób powinniśmy chronić prawa człowieka; narracji, które rozwinęły się w czasach istnienia XX-wiecznych rządów totalitarnych. Niniejsza książka skupia się na myśli dwóch filozofów tego okresu – Ericha Fromma i Isaiaha Berlina. Analiza ich przemyśleń pozwala na ukazanie nowej filozoficznej koncepcji państwa i prawa opartej na wartościach godności ludzkiej i solidarności, uzasadnianych za pomocą argumentów odmiennych od >tradycyjnie uniwersalistycznych<. W koncepcji tej, zakorzenionej w ludzkim doświadczeniu, prawo musi uwzględniać zmieniające się okoliczności, być nakierowane na utrzymanie chwiejnej równowagi między różnymi i czasami przeciwstawnymi wartościami. Rozważania filozofów są zaskakująco aktualne i ukazują, że zagrożenia, które wystąpiły w XX wieku, czyhają na nas także dziś. N2 - Philosophy is a rich source of alternative narratives describing how we should protect human rights; narratives that developed during the existence of 20th century totalitarian governments. This book focuses on the thought of two philosophers of this period – Erich Fromm and Isaiah Berlin. The analysis of their thoughts makes it possible to show a new philosophical conception of the state and law based on the values of human dignity and solidarity, justified through arguments different from the >traditionally universalist< ones. In this concept, rooted in human experience, the law must take into account changing circumstances, be directed to maintain a shaky balance between different and sometimes opposing values. The philosophers' considerations are surprisingly timely and show that the dangers that occurred in the 20th century are still lurking today. [DeepL.com/Translator, free version, 12/2022] Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Khandizaji, Amirhosein A1 - Caputi, Mary T1 - Erich Fromm, the Mentor JF - David Riesman and Critical Theory. Autonomy Instead of Emancipation, Cham (Palgrave Macmillan) 2021, pp. 39-64. [Online ISBN] 978-3-030-78869-8] [doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78869-8_2] N2 - In the previous chapter, we examined numerous aspects of postwar American society that came into play in Riesman’s formulation of autonomy. Many factors carry weight when we consider what inspired him to write >The Lonely Crowd< and to offer his insightful analysis of conformity’s malaise. Among those who influenced Riesman intellectually, there can be little doubt that Erich Fromm played a major role. Although Riesman never accepted Fromm’s pessimistic view and radical approach to modernity in the West, we clearly see the impact of Fromm on Riesman’s ideas about social character, conformity, and especially autonomy. Thus, in order to better understand Riesman we must take a look at Fromm’s theories especially in some of his early books. Here we find several core ideas that heavily impacted Riesman’s theory of autonomy. Y1 - 2021 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Keyn, Ann T1 - Erich Fromm und das Milgram-Experiment. Ist das Verhalten der gehorsamsbereiten Teilnehmenden des Milgram-Experiments unter dem Begriff des autoritären Charakters nach Fromm zu subsumieren?, Studienarbeit, Institut für Praktische Philosophie, Philosophische Fakultät, Technische Universität Dresden, Grin Verlag 2022, 25 pp. N2 - Ist das Verhalten der gehorsamsbereiten Teilnehmenden des Milgram-Experiments unter dem Begriff des autoritären Charakters nach Erich Fromm zu subsumieren? Um diese These bestätigen beziehungsweise widerlegen zu können, wird als erstes ein allgemeiner Überblick über den Aufbau und Ablauf des besagten Experiments gegeben. Anschließend erfolgt eine Betrachtung der im Buch aufgeführten, gehorsamswilligen Versuchspersonen. Milgram veröffentlichte einige Aufzeichnungen zu den Nachgesprächen, um herauszufinden, wie sich die Funktion des Gehorsamsprozesses zusammensetzt. Daran schließt sich eine Schilderung dessen nach seinem Verständnis an. Im nächsten Kapitel folgt ein Umbruch und der autoritäre Charakter nach Erich Fromm wird typisiert. Nach getaner Vorarbeit findet ein Vergleich der beiden Konzepte und somit die Prüfung der These statt. Letzen Endes werden im Fazit die zentralen Ergebnisse zusammengefasst und durch meine eigene Meinung ergänzt. [Amazon.de] Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kermatfar, Hossein A1 - Beyad, Maryam T1 - The worm in the apple: wretched bonds in J. M. Coetzee’s >Disgrace< [application of Fromm's theories to art] JF - African Identities, Vol. 16: No. 3 (2018), pp. 318-332. [Online ISSN 1472-5851] [doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2018.1439731] N2 - Coetzee’s novel >Disgrace< addresses the question of dysfunctional inter-human relationships and explores the themes of domination, subjection, and character distortion in the context of the post-apartheid South Africa. In fact, this paper holds, >Disgrace< fictionalizes Coetzee’s concerns about the social deformation that springs from distorted relationality. According to Erich Fromm’s social thought, the apartheid regime represented an insane society based on sadistic domination and masochistic submission. It systematized sadomasochistic patterns of interpersonal relatedness and excluded horizontal relationships based on love and mutual care. Disgrace shows that how the same dynamics of intersubjective relationships still feature in the >new< South Africa. A parallel is, therefore, drawn between Coetzean ideas about deformed relationality and social deformation and Frommian symbiotic relatedness and sociocultural insanity. The apartheid’s spirit of insanity lingers in the post-apartheid period since its modes of human interactions persist. The transition from the earlier racist system to a genuine democracy, the novel suggests, sounds impossible unless love replaces sadomasochistic relationality. Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kaplan, Martin F. A1 - Singer, Erwin T1 - Dogmatism and sensory alienation: An empirical investigation JF - Journal of Consulting Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 6 (1963), pp. 486–491. [Online ISSN 1939-2117] [doi.org/10.1037/h0042057] N2 - This study was designed to investigate certain aspects of the concept of >alienation< as employed by Fromm. Using Fromm's framework and suggestions offered by Schachtel concerning inherent autocentrism and allocentrism in various sensory modalities, it was hypothesized that: (a) dogmatism as measured by Rokeach's scale and adequacy on sensory discrimination tasks would vary negatively with each other and (b) differences between dogmatic and nondogmatic individuals would be more pronounced in their performances utilizing predominantly autocentric modes than on tasks involving essentially allocentric modalities. Sensory discrimination was assessed by requiring Ss to match and/or differentiate between stimuli in 5 areas. 13 dogmatic and 13 nondogmatic Ss (controlling other relevant variables) served as populations. Data obtained supported the hypotheses at least at the 5% level. Y1 - 1963 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kania, Paweł T1 - Wizja zdrowego społeczeństwa Ericha Fromma [Vision of the Sane Society of Erich Fromm], Master's thesis, Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland 2010. Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Juthberg, C. A1 - Sundin, K. T1 - Registered nurses’ and nurse assistants’ lived experience of troubled conscience in their work in elderly care – A phenomenological hermeneutic study JF - International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol. 47, No. 1 (2010), pp. 20-29. [Online ISSN 2666-142X] [doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.06.001] N2 - Background: In elderly care registered nurses (RNs) and nurse assistants (NAs) face ethical challenges which may trouble their conscience. Objective: This study aimed to illuminate meanings of RNs’ and NAs’ lived experience of troubled conscience in their work in municipal residential elderly care. Design: Interviews with six RNs and six NAs were interpreted separately using a phenomenological hermeneutic method. Settings: Data was collected in 2005 among RNs and NAs working in special types of housings for the elderly in a municipality in Sweden. Participants: The RNs and NAs were selected for participation had previously participated in a questionnaire study and their ratings in the questionnaire study constituted the selection criteria for the interview study. Results: The RNs’ lived experience of troubled conscience was formulated in two themes. The first theme is ‘being trapped in powerlessness’ which includes three sub-themes: being restrained by others’ omission, being trapped in ethically demanding situations and failing to live up to others’ expectations. The second theme is ‘being inadequate’ which includes two sub-themes: lacking courage to maintain one's opinion and feeling incompetent. The NAs’ lived experience of troubled conscience was formulated in the two themes. The first is ‘being hindered by pre-determined conditions’ which includes two sub-themes: suffering from lack of focus in one's work and being restrained by the organisation. The second theme is ‘being inadequate’ which includes two sub-themes: lacking the courage to object and being negligent. Conclusions: The RNs’ lived experience of troubled conscience were feelings of being trapped in a state of powerlessness, caught in a struggle between responsibility and authority and a sense of inadequacy fuelled by feelings of incompetence, a lack of courage and a fear of revealing themselves and endangering residents’ well-being. The NAs’ lived experience of troubled conscience was feelings of being hindered by pre-determined conditions, facing a fragmented work situation hovering between norms and rules and convictions of their conscience. To not endangering the atmosphere in the work-team they are submissive to the norms of their co-workers. They felt inadequate as they should be model care providers. The findings were interpreted in the light of Fromm's authoritarian and humanistic conscience. Y1 - 2009 ER -