TY - JOUR A1 - Fromm, Erich T1 - Zum Gefühl der Ohnmacht JF - E. Fromm, Lieben wir das Leben noch? Macht und Ohnmacht der Liebe, hg. und eingeleitet von Rainer Funk, München (dtv) 2020, pp. 140-176. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fromm, Erich T1 - Zur Methode der Analytischen Sozialpsychologie JF - Wissenschaft vom Menschen. Ein Lesebuch (2020a-000), pp. 018-025 [= 1930a, GA VI, pp. 13-17]. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kühn, Thomas A1 - et al., T1 - Über dieses Buch – Der Subjekte alltägliches Ringen um Selbstfindung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Selbstermächtigung und Unterwerfung (unter Mitarbeit von Sabine Beckmann, Marina Mohr, Patrick Ehnis und Katrin Voigt) JF - T. Kühn et al., Selbst im Alltag. Qualitative Sekundäranalysen zu Identitätskonstruktionen im Wechselverhältnis von Normierung und Selbstentwurf, Wiesbaden (Springer VS) 2020, pp. 1-15. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zolotukhina-Abolina, Elena V. A1 - Ingerleib, Mikhail B. T1 - Экзистенциальный оптимизм: условия, плюсы, проблемы [Existential Optimism: Conditions, Advantages, Problems] JF - Вопросы философии [Questions of Philosophy], No. 3 (2021), pp. 18-28. [Print ISSN 0042-8744] [doi.org/10.21146/0042-8744-2021-3-18-28] N2 - Статья посвящена феномену экзистенциального оптимизма. Авторы трактуют его как душевную установку, присущую отдельной личности и вклю¬чающую в себя положительную оценку мира, умение радоваться и волю к жизни. Экзистенциальный оптимизм не сливается с социальным оптимиз¬мом, он связан с определением индивидуальной траектории судьбы и способен помогать человеку проходить через трудные социальные обстоятель¬ства, сохраняя позитивный настрой и реализуя свои цели. Его стержнем выступает ощущение и выбор личного жизненного проекта, который существует не только в юности, но может в разных вариантах актуализироваться в любых возрастах. Авторы квалифицируют фигуру экзистенциального оптимиста с помощью понятий >продуктивности< (Э. Фромм) и >самоактуа¬лизации< (А. Маслоу), а также образа >победителя< (Э. Берн). Жизненные препятствия видятся такому человеку не только как нормальная характеристика действительности, но и как поле для игры наших сил, что приносит ему бытийную радость. В становлении подобного мироотношения боль¬шую роль играет воспитание и личный пример старших. Авторы обращаются также к теме смерти и разочарования, с которыми сталкивается любой человек, и подчеркивают, что смерть не находится в центре внимания экзистенциального оптимиста. Последней обсуждаемой в статье темой выступает тема практик >позитивного мышления<. В выводах подчеркивается, что позиция оптимиста не может быть никому навязана, а может быть лишь принята самостоятельно. N2 - The article is devoted to the phenomenon of existential optimism. The authors interpret it as a mental attitude inherent in an individual and including a positive assessment of the world, the ability to enjoy and the will to live. Existential opti¬mism does not merge with social optimism, it is associated with determining the individual trajectory of fate and is able to help a person to go through some difficult social circumstances, maintaining a positive attitude and realizing their goals. Its core is the feeling and choice of a personal life project, which exists not only in youth, but can be actualized in different ways at any age. The authors define the figure of an existential optimist using the concepts of >productivity< (E. Fromm) and >self-actualization< (A. Maslow), as well as the image of a >winner< (E. Bern). Life’s obstacles are seen by such a person not only as a normal characteristic of reality, but also as a field for the game of our forces, which brings him the joy of being. In the formation of such a world relation, ed-ucation and personal example of the elders play a great role. The authors also consider the theme of death and frustration that any person faces, and emphasize that death is not the focus of an existential optimist. The last theme discussed in the article is >positive thinking< practices. The conclusions emphasize that the position of an optimist can’t be imposed on anyone, but can only be indepen¬dently accepted. Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Song, Xufang T1 - A Study of Alienation in V. S. Naipaul’s >A House for Mr. Biswas<, Master thesis, English Language and Literature, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China 2020 [application of Fromm's theories to art]. N2 - V. S. Naipaul is widely recognized as one of the most outstanding novelists in the history of English literature. With the multicultural background and unique writing angles, he was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. As a representative work in his early time, >A House for Mr. Biswas< provides us with firsthand materials to understand the living dilemmas of the immigrants. In the novel, the cultural estrangement and identity displacement faced by the exiled people are vividly presented through a comical description of the protagonist, Mohun Biswas’s persistent striving for his own >house< under the duel impact of the intrusion of the suzerain culture and the bondage of the tradition. This thesis intends to explore the alienated image of Mr. Biswas and probe into the intrinsic reasons in light of Erich Fromm’s psychological alienation theory. Besides, Naipaul’s affirmative attitude to the question that whether people from the third world can establish their home and realize their identity in suzerains is discussed and revealed in the thesis. The thesis holds that Naipaul, through a detailed depiction of Mohun Biswas’s pursuit of the >house< in his life, endows his rather modest achievement with a heroic dimension, transforming himself into a self-made hero who conquers difficulties and achieves success >through failures<. Compared with escape, an excitement hidden in the engulfing and repulsive world is eventually grasped by Mr. Biswas. He confirms such possibility through his perseverance and struggles. The ending also reflects Naipaul’s own dream of a utopian society that can accommodate self-realization pursued by the immigrants. [English: www.cnki.net, 6/2022] Y1 - 2020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Xi, Lin T1 - The China Model of Development as Solidarity JF - Chinese Political Science Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2020), pp. 31-49. [Online ISSN 2365-4252] N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] What is the unique feature of China’s model of development? Upon reviewing the >dialectics of development< that draws on both Amartya Sen and Erich Fromm, this paper argues that the China Model may have a particular strength in reconstructing its Confucian tradition towards social solidarity. In China, like other countries with a rapid development, swift social transformation has brought to fore as many positive as negative consequences, on the basis of which a mixed record of development in modern society can be pathologically diagnosed. Following the Durkheimer's premise that these social ills may be cured by a shift from mechanical solidarity (characteristic of a traditional society) to its organic counterpart, this paper, drawing on both Fisk and Confucius, proposes the idea of >civitas hominicivitas homini<, when combined together, shall reach a stage of >res publica latium< (commonwealth) that ensures both individual liberties and social solidarity, with different communities entering into terms of intersubjective recognition, tolerance, and peaceful coexistence. Through this >civitas homini<, we can rewrite the paradigm of development as one that aims at solidarity rather than purely individualistic freedom. [Author's English] Y1 - 2020 ER -