TY - JOUR A1 - Chen, Jian T1 - Several Fables in >Zhuangzi< from the Perspective of Western Power Theories [西方权力理论视阈下的几则《庄子》寓言] JF - New Horizons from Tianfu [天府新论], No. 1 (2021), pp. 58-71. N2 - 本文借助福柯、弗洛伊德、马克思等人的权力理论分析《庄子》中儒生入仕、伯乐治马、不材之木、哑雁命薄等几则寓言。颜回、颜阖等儒生的仕途危机暗讽臣子才德只能迎合滥施酷刑的君主权力,其抑制君权的忠义仁孝等灵魂技术也类同于弗洛姆诊断的权威主义。相应地,孔子教导的心斋并非入仕之法,而是消解以尘世大他者欲望和法则为核心的自我理想,将知识分子引向不得已为之的机械化状态,从而破坏整个封建圣人之治抑或>大他者集体<,进入拉康的拓扑第四环>圣症<。庄子继而通过伯乐对野马的治理隐喻以古代人种学为基础的规训权力和生命权力,揭示圣人之治实则是煽动智巧竞赛和利欲争斗的人性堕落>集中营<,这同样预警当今资本权力以生产利润指标鲸吞人性和自然的危机。在对这世俗权力的揭批和自我理想的湮灭之上,庄子以实体即主体(天人合一)的思维,在大他者空缺中为知识分子指出了不材之木的人生道路,暗示他们必须如坏木、神木、毒木那般>不才权力<才能逃脱权力的规训和惩罚,但同时他也借哑雁被宰杀的故事担忧材与不材之间的艰难抉择,并指出天道的超时空拯救力。 N2 - This article draws on the power theories of Foucault, Freud and Marx to analyze several parables in Zhuangzi, such as the entry of Confucian scholars, the treatment of horses by Bole, the wood of untalented people, and the thin fate of the dumb goose. The crisis in the career of Confucian scholars such as Yan Hui and Yan Helu implies that the talent of the subject can only cater to the power of the abusive monarch, and that the soul techniques of loyalty, benevolence and filial piety that inhibit the power of the monarch are similar to Fromm's diagnosis of authoritarianism. Accordingly, Confucius's teaching of the heart is not a way to enter the world, but a way to dissolve the ideal of the self, which is centered on the desires and laws of the earthly Other, leading intellectuals to a mechanical state of necessity, thus destroying the entire rule of the feudal sage or the >Great Other Collective<, and entering the fourth loop of Lacan's topology, the >holy disease<. Zhuangzi goes on to reveal that the rule of the sage is in fact a >concentration camp< of human decadence that incites intellectual competition and lucrative rivalry, through the metaphor of the governance of the wild horse by the bole, which also warns of the crisis of the present-day capitalist power to whale away humanity and nature with its profit-producing targets. On top of the criticism of this worldly power and the annihilation of the ideal of the self, Zhuangzi uses the thinking of the entity as the subject (the unity of heaven and man) to point out for intellectuals the path of life of untalented wood in the vacancy of the Great Other, suggesting that they must be >untalented in power< like bad wood, divine wood, and poisonous wood in order to escape the discipline and punishment of power, but at the same time he also uses the story of the mute goose being slaughtered to worry about the difficult choice between untalented and untalented wood, and He also uses the story of the slaughter of the mute goose to worry about the difficult choice between material and nonmaterial, and to point out the power of the heavenly path to save. [Automatic translation] Y1 - 2021 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Liu, Chen T1 - Eros Dilemma in Artistic Ideal of Psychoanalytic-Marxism – On Lacan’s Inspiration to Žižek [精神分析马克思主义艺术理想中的爱欲困境——兼论拉康对齐泽克的启示] JF - Research on Marxist Aesthetics [马克思主义美学研究], No. 1 (2024), pp. 162-174, 477. N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] Fromm and Marcuse, as Psychoanalytic-Marxist theorists, constructed their artistic ideal of liberating human nature and improving society on the basis of Freud’s theory of Eros. Fromm attempted to establish a harmonious and united community of self and others with the art of love. However, his biased interpretation of Freud and the fantasy of universal love led to an incomplete social critique, thus turning the art of love into an idealistic dilemma. Marcuse emphasized the emancipatory function of love and art, which is regarded as an important opportunity to break through the repression of human nature by the principle of reason. However, his artistic ideal has also exposed its inherent contradictions at both theoretical and practical levels. Ultimately, it is reduced to an aesthetic utopia. Facing the dilemmas mentioned above, Lacan’s analysis and critique of the imaginative dimensions of Eros and art in his seminars have provided some inspirations. Under his influence, Žižek developed an ideological critique method entitled >going-through-the-fantasy<, which reminds people to be alert to the combination of psychoanalysis and Marxism. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 9/2024] Y1 - 2024 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Chen, Xiurong T1 - 佛洛姆(Erich Fromm)的政治思想 [The Political Thought of Erich Fromm], Doctoral dissertation, Political Sciences, Institute of the Three Principles of the People National Chengchi University, Wenshan District, Taipei,Taiwan 1990. N2 - 本文的主旨是企圖對佛洛姆的政治思想從事一全面性的了解,並加以評價性的討論。關於了解部分,乃是先設定一個研究架構,就其思想背景、人性理論、個人與社會的調適論、自由與權威的並重論以及世界新秩序的建立途徑,分別加以說明,並進一步指出其政治思想的重心以及整個體系之所在。關於討論部分,則在每章陳述佛氏思想內容之後,列出專節根據當代重要政治思想家某些論點與佛氏思想作比較並加以評論,最後又在全文的結論中,列舉佛氏思想的創義,作較深入的討論,以突顯其思想的主要價值並指出與當代改革潮流的相關性。本文的具體處理共分九章,約三十餘萬字。每章的標題如後:第一章緒論;第二章思想背景;第三章自我肯定的人性論;第四章個人與社會的互動關係;第五章不完全的社會;第六章健全的個人與健全的社會;第七章自由與灌威的協調; 第八章世界新秩序的建立;第章結論--對佛洛姆思想的一個評價。 N2 - The main purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive understanding of Fromm's political thought and to discuss it in an evaluative manner. In the section on understanding, we first set up a research framework to explain the background of his thought, the theory of human nature, the theory of the accommodation of the individual and society, the theory of the coexistence of freedom and authority, and the way to establish a new world order, and further point out the focus of his political thought and where the whole system is located. In the discussion section, after each chapter presents the content of Fromm's thought, a special section is set out to compare and comment on Fromm's thought according to some of the arguments of important contemporary political thinkers, and finally, in the conclusion of the whole paper, the originality of Fromm's thought is listed and discussed in greater depth in order to highlight the main value of his thought and point out its relevance to contemporary reform trends. The specific treatment of this paper is divided into nine chapters of about 300,000 words. The titles of each chapter are as follows: Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Background of Ideas; Chapter 3: Self-Affirming Humanism; Chapter 4: Interaction between Individual and Society; Chapter 5: Incomplete Society; Chapter 6: Sound Individual and Sound Society; Chapter 7: Reconciliation of Freedom and Inculcation; Chapter 8: The Establishment of a New World Order; and Chapter 8: Conclusion: An Evaluation of Chapter 8: The Establishment of a New World Order; Chapter 9 Conclusion: An Evaluation of Fromm's Thought. [Translation: www.DeepL/Translator, free version, 11/2022] Y1 - 1990 ER - TY - GEN A1 - He, Chen T1 - Study on Alienated Consumption of Rural Students in Secondary Vocational Schools and Educational Countermeasures from the Perspective of Class Management, Master thesis, Vocational Education, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan, China 2023. N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] Since the 18th National Congress, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new historical stage, and people’s quality of life and sense of well-being have been significantly improved in the midst of continuous economic and social development. The profound changes in the main social contradictions in the new era have brought profound changes in people’s consumption concepts, and such changes are especially evident among adolescent students. Due to their special teaching mode, secondary rural students have their own characteristics in their consumption behavior. The selected topic takes secondary rural students as the research object and school X in central Hunan as the research site, mainly studying the alienation phenomenon in the consumption behavior of rural students in this school, which includes the investigation of the current situation of consumption, the manifestation of the alienation of consumption behavior, the harm of the alienation of consumption behavior, the causes, and how to carry out the guidance and correction of errors based on the perspective of classroom management in response to these problems, and putting forward effective educational guidance countermeasures, and devoting to help them to establish correct consumption concepts and realize the healthy growth of rural middle school students. The literature research method, survey research method, and statistical analysis method were adopted for the selected study. The literature research method mainly uses Baudrillard’s symbolic consumption, Fromm’s critical theory of alienated consumption, Marxist view of consumption, Skinner’s reinforcement theory, and defines the concepts related to consumption, alienated consumption, and secondary school rural students, and uses these theories to analyze the consumption alienation behavior of rural students in secondary schools, the survey research method mainly conducts targeted questionnaires and interviews on the consumption behavior of rural students in school X in central Hunan. The statistical analysis method is to use the statistical method to analyze and categorize the research situation. Through the study, we found that the phenomenon of consumer alienation among secondary rural students is more common, and the generation of this phenomenon is closely related to the social environment and also closely related to the guidance of school education. School is a place to cultivate talents, and it is the duty of secondary schools to guide rural students to form a correct view of consumption. From the perspective of class, to eliminate the alienation of consumption behavior of rural secondary school students, we must strengthen the educational management awareness of all aspects of class management, clarify the educational management responsibilities, including class teachers, class teachers, class organizations, individual students, etc. and gather the strength of all aspects to form a synergy of educational management, so as to help rural secondary school students form a correct view of consumption and eliminate the phenomenon of alienation in the consumption behavior of rural secondary school students. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 7/2024] Y1 - 2023 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Luo, Songtao A1 - Chen, Keyu T1 - From Labor Alienation to Criticism of Existential Alienation – Based on Fromm's Thoughts on Marx's Humanism [从劳动异化到生存异化批判——基于弗洛姆对马克思人学思想的思考] JF - Foreign Theoretical Trends [国外理论动态], No. 3 (2021), pp. 72-79. N2 - 作为西方马克思主义中新弗洛伊德主义的代表,弗洛姆强调在西方人道主义传统中理解马克思的人学思想。在《马克思关于人的概念》一文中,弗洛姆深入解读了马克思《1844年经济学哲学手稿》中的>人的本质<和>异化劳动<这两个关键问题。针对现代西方资本主义社会中人的生存异化困境,弗洛姆沿着马克思批判异化劳动的思路,着重揭批了自由异化、爱的异化、消费异化等三种异化状况。弗洛姆的生存异化批判虽然发人深省,却仍带有非历史的抽象人性论色。 N2 - As a representative of neo-Freudianism in Western Marxism, Fromm emphasizes the understanding of Marx's humanistic thought in the Western humanistic tradition. In his Book >Marx's Concept of Man<, Fromm provides an in-depth reading of the two key issues of >the nature of man< and >alienated labor< in Marx's >Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844<]. In response to the alienation of human existence in modern Western capitalist society, Fromm follows Marx's critique of alienated labor and focuses on three alienating conditions, including the alienation of freedom, the alienation of love, and the alienation of consumption. Although Fromm's critique of existential alienation is thought-provoking, it is still characterized by an ahistorical abstract humanism. [Translation: www.DeepL/Translator, free version, 7/2021] Y1 - 2021 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Chen, Jifenglin T1 - The Exploration of Individual Freedom in Tennessee Williams’ >The Night of the Iguana<, Master thesis, World Literature, Sichuan International Studies University, Chongqing, China 2023 [application of Fromm's theories to art]. N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is renowned as one of the most outstanding American playwrights in the 20th century. >The Night of the Iguana<, written in 1961, depicts the ambivalent figure of Reverend Shannon, who yearns for social acceptance yet refuses to be bound by its norm. In the twentieth century, the social structure of America changed greatly due to the development of capitalism, and the conflict caused by the cultural difference between the North and the South forms one of the common themes in Williams’ works. With the prevalence of capitalism and the change of modern mainstream ideology, those who have changed some of the old ideas, whereas have not been completely assimilated into modern thought, represented by Shannon, are portrayed as the social marginals struggling with inner contradictions in Williams’ works. Based on Erich Fromm’s theory of freedom, this thesis interprets >The Night of the Iguana< by analyzing Shannon’s contradictory thoughts and behaviors in his process of pursuing individual freedom. It attempts to present how the marginalized people in modern capitalist society realize the freedom of individual’s full expression of his real personality by resisting the spiritual paralysis and oppression in society. This thesis consists of three parts. Firstly, it analyzes the protagonist’s self-consciousness against social knowledge, and explores the way to get rid of the automaton conformity by revealing the protagonist’s subversion of several stereotyped images perceived by the society. Subsequently, it discusses how Shannon establishes non-utilitarian interpersonal relationship under the influence of modern capitalist society. Then this thesis focuses on the natural setting in the play, exploring how the marginalized people who are isolated due to social exclusion build their secondary bonds with nature, so as to obtain spiritual salvation. Shannon’s pursuit of individual freedom exposes the shackles that the mainstream ideology of capitalist society imposes on modern people’s individuality. In addition, his exploration of both the internal and external world provides the possibility to break the shackles and realize the freedom of individual’s full expression of his real personality. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 7/2024] Y1 - 2023 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chen, Xiaofeng T1 - May You Be Treated Tenderly – The Teaching Design of Third Grade Counseling Classes [愿你被温柔以待——三年级心理辅导课教学设计] JF - Jiangsu Education [江苏教育], No. 12 (2024), pp. 82-84. N2 - 小学三年级学生对于生命的认识和理解处于起步阶段,他们需要正确认识生命的价值和意义,学会珍爱生命。心理学家弗洛姆曾说过:>尊重生命,尊重他人也尊重自己的生命,是生命进程中的伴随物,也是心理健康的一个条件。<心理健康教师可以从尊重动物的生命入手,培养学生的同理心、爱心和责任心,引导他们从关爱动物到珍爱自己与他人的生命。 N2 - Students in the third grade of elementary school are at the beginning of their knowledge and understanding of life, and they need to correctly recognize the value and meaning of life and learn to cherish it. The psychologist Fromm once said, >Respect for life, for others as well as for one's own life, is a concomitant of the process of life and a condition of mental health.< Mental health teachers can begin by respecting the lives of animals, cultivating empathy, love and responsibility in students, and guiding them from caring for animals to cherishing their own lives and the lives of others. [Translation: www.DeepL/Translator, free version, 7/2024] Y1 - 2024 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wang, Yue A1 - Chen, Yan T1 - On the Phenomenon of >Buddhism< among College Students Based on Fromm’s Theory of >Escape from Freedom< [从弗洛姆>逃避自由<谈大学生>佛系<现象] JF - Journal of Beijing City University, No. 1 (2023), pp. 65-69. N2 - The >Buddhist< culture itself, as a subculture, is usually characterized by the coexistence of rationality and sensibility and the coexistence of aggressiveness and anxiety. The choice of “Buddhist” life for college students is an escape to a certain extent. They leave their families and come to a relatively free university. A sense of loneliness and powerlessness is generated, which leads them to defend themselves to relieve pressure, thus the psychological phenomenon of >escape from freedom< appears. However, there is a certain pragmatism while escaping. This seemingly free and easy >Buddha system< Mentality actually has a negative impact on the subjective well-being of college students. In Fromm’s view, freedom has dual meanings. These college students who advertise as >Buddhist youth< are in the predicament of freedom. However, in reality, some college students choose to escape from negative freedom to overcome their inner loneliness. This paper analyzes this phenomenon based on Fromm’s >Escape from Freedom<, and attempts to propose a path to achieve positive freedom and help college students pursue positive freedom. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 4/2023] Y1 - 2023 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Du, Min A1 - Chen, Anqi T1 - A Study on the Characteristics of the Thought on Social Psychoanalysis and the Explanation of Its Contemporary Values [>社会心理分析<的思想特质及其当代价值诠释)] JF - Journal of Xidian University (Social Science Edition) [西安电子科技大学学报(社会科学版)], No. 4 (2023), pp. 114-122. N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] Erich Fromm, the representative of the school of psychoanalytic Marxism, developed the personal psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud’s traditional psychoanalysis into >social psychoanalysis< on the basis of Marxism from the large theoretical perspectives of social existence of social conscience to analyze and make a criticism on the characteristics, essence and treatment of the common psychological problems of capitalist society. >Social psychoanalysis< is not only the inheritance and development of Marx’s theory but also the further development of psychoanalysis psychology. This theory has a unique charm in western Marxist research such as integration of ideological resources, intersection of theoretical results, and reality of value meaning. The comprehensive review of this theoretical characteristics broadens the perspective of the application research of current Chinese Marxism theory, promotes Chinese psychology free from western cultural hegemony and innovates the development path with Chinese characteristics under the guidance of the theory of Marxism and provides some insights and references for building a positive, healthy, rational and peaceful social mentality. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 3/2024] Y1 - 2023 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chen, Jian A1 - et al., T1 - Validation of existential fulfillment scale in Chinese university students JF - Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 15 (2025), pp. 1-11. [Online ISSN 1664-1078] [doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1497422] N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] Introduction: This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Existential Fulfillment Scale (EFS) in a Chinese university student sample, emphasizing the cultural fit of the scale. Methods: A cohort of 1,600 undergraduate students from six universities in Fujian Province completed questionnaires including the EFS, Meaning of Life Questionnaire (MLQ), Index of Well-Being (IWB), and Self-Depression Scale (SDS). We conducted item analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and assessments of criterion-related validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. Results: The Chinese EFS consists of two dimensions – self-acceptance and self-breakthrough – across 14 items, reflecting cultural distinctions from the original model by combining the dimensions of self-actualization and self- transcendence. This revised structure aligns with Chinese cultural perspectives on individual growth, where self-actualization often integrates aspects of self-transcendence. The scale showed positive associations with the MLQ and IWB and a negative association with the SDS, supporting the scale’s criterion-related validity. Internal consistency ranged from 0.87 to 0.97, and test-retest reliability ranged from 0.75 to 0.83. Discussion: These findings indicate that the Chinese EFS is a reliable tool for assessing existential fulfillment among Chinese university students. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Chen, Weihua T1 - A Study of Fromm’s Theory of Alienated Consumption, Master thesis, Philosophy, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China 2024. N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] Alienated consumption, as a special phenomenon of the industrial era, has seriously damaged people’s physical and mental health. It has not only led to the collapse of the moral world within humans, but also triggered a severe crisis of human survival. Facing such a realistic dilemma, Fromm deeply revealed the close connection between consumption and human freedom and liberation. He delved into the inner world of modern humans and conducted a thorough analysis of human pain and anxiety. He believed that alienated consumption is like a heavy shackle that binds individuals in a capitalist society. Alienated con¬sumption makes people suffer from the rule and oppression of the objects, they have created with their own hands. Based on his profound criticism of the capitalist consumer society, he raised his voice and advocated a new way of a humane consumption, to break free from the shackles of materialistic indulgence. The theory of alienated consumption proposed by Fromm is rooted in the background of the era of industrialized mass production, and deeply reveals the internal evolution of capitalist consumer society. Given the serious consequences brought by the industrial society, people’s illusions about industrial civilization have been shattered. Starting from a radical socialist critical perspective, Fromm drew on the essence of diverse ideas such as Marx, Freud, Buddhism, and Judaism, and denounced the destruction and oppression of alienation on human spirit and body. He delved into the causes of alienated consumption and the serious consequences arising from it from both the individual and social levels. In the end, Fromm actively explored effective ways to solve the problem of alienated consumption in both social and individual dimensions, providing valuable theoretical references for addressing the challenges brought by capitalist consumer society. From the perspective of historical materialism, Fromm’s theory of alienated consumption enriches the manifestations of Marx’s theory of alienation and opens up a new approach to exploring human needs from the depths of one’s inner world. However, essentially, Fromm’s theory of alienated consumption is an ex¬ploration with reformist tendencies. Unlike Marx, it fails to transcend abstract humanitarianism and is ulti¬mately constrained by it, resulting in a certain degree of deviation from historical materialism. Therefore, when studying Fromm’s theory of alienated consumption, we must adopt a critical attitude, deeply analyze its theoretical connotation, fully explore its positive significance in promoting the theory of green con¬sump¬tion, and draw lessons from it. In the process of promoting a new socialist consumption relationship, we should adhere to the principle of seeing both material and human aspects, and jointly promote the construction of a new socialist consumption culture from multiple perspectives such as society, collective, and individual. We must not neglect the importance of the revolution in political economy, and always remember that critical weapons cannot replace the criticism of weapons. By sublating alienated consump¬tion, we can promote the healthy development of socialist consumption relations. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 1/2025] Y1 - 2024 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chen, Yongqian T1 - An Undercurrent in Life – Sexless Families [生活中的一股潜流——无性爱家庭] JF - China Healthcare & Nutrition [中国保健营养], No. 6 (2000). N2 - 德国近代著名精神分析学家、社会学家、哲学家和新弗洛伊德主义创始人埃里希·弗洛姆,在《爱的艺术》中指出:>性爱是一种非他的意愿与承诺的行为。人们认为性爱关系一旦出现差错就应分道扬镳的观点,就如同即使感情破裂都不必解除这种关系的观点一样错误。<也许,这种生涩的语言并没有被芸芸众生所重视,但是,在他们各自的家庭生活中,却时时在印证这种观点的正确性和存在性。简言之,就是>无性爱家庭<并不都会解体。 N2 - Erich Fromm, a famous modern German psychoanalyst, sociologist, philosopher and founder of neo-Freudianism, pointed out in >The Art of Loving<: >Sex is an act that is not his will and commitment. The view that people should go their separate ways once a sexual relationship goes wrong is as wrong as the view that there is no need to dissolve the relationship even if the relationship breaks down.< Perhaps this awkward language is not taken seriously by the masses, but in their respective family lives, it constantly proves the correctness and existence of this view. In short, >sexless families< do not all disintegrate. [Translation: www.google translator, 1/2025] Y1 - 2000 ER -