TY - JOUR A1 - Mäder, Ueli T1 - Konflikte verstehen und Frieden fördern JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 177-192. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 8 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026n ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mieth, Dietmar T1 - Die Menschwerdung Gottes. Erich Fromm und Meister Eckhart JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 013-035. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 10 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026b ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Funk, Rainer T1 - Humanismus und Krisenbewältigung. Erich Fromms wissenschaftliche Begründung humaner Potenziale JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 201-217. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 3 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026p ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grammel, Soeren T1 - Wider die Normalisierung der Normalität. Laudatio für Hito Steyerl JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 088-096. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 4 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026g ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hardeck, Jürgen T1 - Renaissance eines großen Humanisten. 125 Jahre Erich Fromm JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 108-118. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 6 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026i ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hardeck, Jürgen T1 - Begrüßung bei der Fromm Preisverleihung 2025 JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 083-087. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 5 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026f ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Johach, Helmut T1 - Erich Fromm über Frieden und Krieg. Beiträge zur Friedenspolitik JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 147-165. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 7 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026l ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stamer, Melanie A1 - Umbach, Susanne T1 - Frieden lernen in unfriedlichen Zeiten. Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen für Friedensbildung in Schulen JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 138-146. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 14 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026k ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steyerl, Hito T1 - >Praxis< heute. Erich Fromm Lecture 2025 JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 097-106. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 15 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026h ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Prohl, Inken T1 - Erich Fromm, Zen-Buddhismus und Therapie. Heilung mit Risiken und Nebenwirkungen? JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 036-053. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 11 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026c ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Renninger, Monika T1 - Grußwort des Hospitalhofs 2025 JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 080-082. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 12 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026e ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwan, Gesine T1 - Humanismus und Lust an der Zerstörung JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 194-200. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 13 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026o ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Toprakyaran, Erdal T1 - Islamische Mystik als gesellschaftskritische Kraft der Gegenwart JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 054-077. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 16 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026d ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Birckenbach, Hanne-Margret T1 - Friedenswirksam kommunizieren: Über das Wozu und Wie von Dialogarbeit JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 119-137. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 1 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026j ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bischof, Nils T1 - Erich Fromms Verhältnis zur Religion JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 008-012. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 2 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026a ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meier, Jürgen T1 - >Zeitenwende< und >Gruppennarzissmus< – die Geburt des destruktiven Heldencharakters JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 30 / 2026, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 166-176. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 9 Y1 - 2026 VL - d30/2026m ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lankau, Ralf T1 - Humane Intelligenz und Autonomie statt Steuerung durch IT und KI JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 29 / 2025, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 128-145. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 9 Y1 - 2025 VL - d29/2025l ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lankau, Ralf T1 - Human Intelligence and Autonomy Instead of Control by IT and AI JF - Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 29 / 2025, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 092-108. T3 - Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) - 10 Y1 - 2025 VL - e29/2024h ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raidt, Anke T1 - Begrüßung und Einführung in die Tagung JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 29 / 2025, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 086-093. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 11 Y1 - 2025 VL - d29/2025i ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raidt, Anke T1 - Sich miteinander befreien und zur Welt kommen. Vom Fragen und Finden-Lassen JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 29 / 2025, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 161-177. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 12 Y1 - 2025 VL - d29/2025n ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raidt, Anke T1 - Welcome and Introduction to the Conference JF - Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 29 / 2025, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 056-062. T3 - Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) - 11 Y1 - 2025 VL - e29/2024d ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raidt, Anke T1 - Freeing With Each Other and Coming to the World Together. About Asking and Letting Found JF - Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 29 / 2025, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 123-138. T3 - Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) - 12 Y1 - 2025 VL - e29/2024j ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Renninger, Monika T1 - Grußwort des Hospitalhofs JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 29 / 2025, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 042-045. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 13 Y1 - 2025 VL - d29/2025d ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pörksen, Bernhard T1 - Die redaktionelle Gesellschaft. Wege zur Medienmündigkeit JF - Erich Fromm Stiftung (Ed.), 2024: Erich Fromm-Preis 2024 an Bernhard Poerksen. Die Beiträge der Preisverleihung, Neuhofen/Ybbs (Zeuys Books), 2024, pp. 57-95. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pörksen, Bernhard T1 - Die redaktionelle Gesellschaft. Wege zur Medienmündigkeit JF - Fromm Forum (Deutsche Ausgabe – ISSN 1437-0956), 29 / 2025, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 064-084. T3 - Fromm Forum (German edition / deutsche Ausgabe) - 10 Y1 - 2025 VL - d29/2025g ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kühn, Thomas T1 - Any chance for a revolution of hope? Transformative leadership as normative identity work - https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000412 JF - The Humanist Psychologist (American Psychological Association - APA), Vol. 53 (2025), pp. 631-652. N2 - This article develops a humanistically grounded and critically informed conceptualization of transformative leadership through the lens of normative identity work. Drawing on Erich Fromm’s social psychology, it reframes leadership as a moral and cultural practice that responds to systemic inequality, ethical disorientation, and the fragmentation of meaning in contemporary societies. Leadership, in this view, is not about directing others but about creating spaces in which people can orient themselves ethically and act with integrity within complex and contested contexts. The article integrates three strands of critical scholarship—humanistic ethics, critical leadership theory, and biographical research on identity—to substantiate this approach. This triangulation enables a multidimensional understanding of leadership that connects structural conditions with the subjective work of identity formation. The proposed >normative ABC< model—agency, belonging, and coherence—provides an analytical framework to explore how identity work unfolds at the intersection of power, meaning, and ethical striving. Rather than prescribing fixed ideals of >good leadership,< the article advocates for a reflexive, context-sensitive practice that engages with contradiction and supports dialogical, emancipatory processes. In times of overlapping crises, transformative leadership entails cultivating a shared horizon of responsibility and hope—while remaining attentive to social conflict, ideological tensions, and the contested nature of identity. From this vantage point, leadership becomes a space of critical engagement with the conditions that shape human development and possibilities for social transformation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved) Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Langman, Lauren T1 - Toward a Critical Theory of Social Change JF - J. Fantauzzi, M. Levitin, T. Maley (Eds.), Erich Fromm and Left Strategy . New Paths Toward Radical Transformation, New York (Palgrave Macmillan) 2025, pp. 021-046. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leisinger, Klaus M. T1 - Die Vision von Karl Schlecht im Lichte der heutigen Herausforderungen. Karl Schlecht Lecture 28. Oktober 2025. Forum der Karl Schlecht Stiftung, Plattenhardt. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leskauskas, Darius T1 - Encounters with totalitarian objects in the super-ego development of Generation Z adolescents JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 34 (No. 1, 2025), pp. 009-014. N2 - Over the past three years we have encountered social processes that have shattered our steady way of living: the COVID pandemic, social unrests and splits after presidential elections, the war in Ukraine. Adults with a post-totalitarian personality have experienced a re-activation of their inner totalitarian objects, but >Gen Z< adolescents without the personal experience of living in a totalitarian system react differently to current realities. Practitioners are witnessing a dramatic increase in social anxieties and anorexia nervosa – psychopathologies characterized by the introjections and projections of intrusive controlling objects, a strict punitive super-ego that resembles the dynamics of inner totalitarian objects. This can be attributed to the increased exposure to the Internet during the COVID-related social isolation, with a decreased possibility for reality testing. The Internet acquired an overbearing influence on all domains of personality development for Generation Z individuals, including on the super-ego. The Internet houses totalitarian cyber-objects that increase their presence and influence in situations of social and developmental unrest, impinge on the development of psychic structures, and can lead to related pathological psychodynamics. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Levitin, Maor T1 - Erich Fromm’s Lurking Theory of Ethical Leadership JF - J. Fantauzzi, M. Levitin, T. Maley (Eds.), Erich Fromm and Left Strategy . New Paths Toward Radical Transformation, New York (Palgrave Macmillan) 2025, pp. 109-124. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Levitin, Maor T1 - Review Braune, Joan: Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements: From Void to Hope JF - Marx and Philosophy, Review of Books (https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/22074) Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Levitin, Maor T1 - Review Frie, Roger: Edge of Catastrophe: Erich Fromm, Fascism, and the Holocaust JF - Logos. A Journal of Modern Society and Culture, Vol. 24 (No. 1-2, 2025). Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Li, Ou T1 - 弗洛姆:直视>恶<的深渊 [Fromm: Facing the Abyss of >Evil<] JF - World Culture [世界文化], No. 5 (2025), pp. 48-52. N2 - 《爱的艺术》一书一度风行中国,使国人对埃里希·弗洛姆(亦译作艾里希·弗洛姆,Erich Fromm,1900—1980,美籍德国犹太人,人本主义哲学家和精神分析心理学家)关于>爱<>善<的思考,有深入的了解。但或许我们忽略了弗洛姆相反维度的探讨:>恶<、>攻击性(Aggression也常常译为侵略性)<、残暴、虐杀等。其实,弗洛姆的思想成长于>二战<前后。那时犹太人被大批地无辜屠杀,在这样的境况中,作为犹太人的他,感同身受,首先触及灵魂深处的就是>恶<,人类之>恶<。 N2 - The book >The Art of Loving< was once popular in China, which gave Chinese people a deep understanding of Erich Fromm’s (also translated as Erich Fromm, 1900–1980, German-American Jew, humanistic philosopher and psychoanalytic psychologist) thoughts on >love< and >goodness<. But perhaps we have overlooked Fromm’s exploration of the opposite dimension: >evil<, >aggression<, brutality, and killing. In fact, Fromm’s thoughts grew up around the >Second World War<. At that time, Jews were innocently massacred in large numbers. In such a situation, as a Jew, he felt the same way. The first thing that touched the depths of his soul was >evil<, the >evil< of mankind. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Li, Zhisong A1 - Hao, Cundong T1 - The Automaton Conformity Psychology in Adolescents' Use of Social Media [青少年社交媒体使用中的机械趋同心] JF - Modern Primary and Secondary Education [现代中小学教育], No. 4 (2025), pp. 79-86. N2 - 青少年时期是个体在生理和心理上走向成熟并向成年期过渡的关键时期,也是树立正确的世界观、人生观及价值观的重要时期,如果没有正确思想引导很容易误入歧途。随着社交媒体的普遍使用,部分青少年为了寻求他人的认可来获取归属感与安全感,便产生了机械趋同的心理。究其原因,既受到青少年群体自我意识混乱及人格形成的影响,亦有自媒体时代下>信息茧房<效应及>泛娱乐化<现象等多重因素的阻碍。基于弗洛姆>逃避自由<理论,对青少年社交媒体使用时产生机械趋同心理进行了分析,从个人、家庭、学校和社会等方面提出了相关举措,以引导青少年走出机械趋同心理,建立正确的三观。 N2 - Adolescence is a critical period for individuals to mature physically and psychologically and transition to adulthood. It is also an important period for establishing a correct world view, outlook on life and values. Without correct ideological guidance, it is easy to go astray. With the widespread use of social media, some adolescents have developed an automaton conformity mentality in order to seek recognition from others to gain a sense of belonging and security. The reason for this is that it is not only affected by the confusion of self-awareness and personality formation of the adolescent group, but also hindered by multiple factors such as the >information cocoon< effect and >pan-entertainment< phenomenon in the era of self-media. Based on Fromm's >escape from freedom< theory, this paper analyzes the automaton conformity psychology of adolescents when using social media, and proposes relevant measures from the aspects of individuals, families, schools and society to guide adolescents out of the automaton conformity mentality and establish correct three views. [Translation: www.google translator, 4/2025] Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - RodadoLoiacono, Anna Maria T1 - The poetics of the symptom JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 34 (No. 1, 2025), pp. 028-036. N2 - In contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice, the patient’s and the analyst’s body are growing in importance. Over time psychoanalysis has become enriched by neurosciences, sociology, neonatal studies, philosophy, literature, and art. It is especially focused on what has not been represented and integrated within the mind, and on how to recover, represent, transform, and integrate these types of experiences, with the corporeal experience now acquiring more prominence. I will assemble those so-called >poetic< aspects in the formation and manifestation of the symptom, which come from embodied and non-symbolized experiences. I will start from the observation that poetry offers an embodied meaning, learned through the body before being understood in the mind. Similarly, the suffering world of our patients can resonate within the therapist like a poem or a piece of music. Through careful attention to the resonances in the body and in reverie, therapists can deduce the personifications inhabiting that internal world. It is as if the poetic experience is situated “on the border” between the sensorial dimension and the verbal dimension. After a brief review of the psychoanalytic literature on corporeal experience in psychoanalysis, a clinical vignette will clarify these statements. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - RodadoLoiacono, Anna Maria T1 - Falk Leichsenring puts Psychodynamic Psychotherapy into the WHO Standards JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 34 (No. 2, 2025), pp. 136-138. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lu, Jiansong T1 - The Merchant of Venice and the Art of Love - An Overall Interpretation Centered on the Plot of >Three Boxes to Choose a Marriage< [《威尼斯商人》与爱的艺术——以>三匣择亲<情节为中心的整体解读] [application of Fromm's theories to art] JF - Masterpieces Review [名作欣赏], No. 5 (2025), pp. 92-99. N2 - 莎士比亚的《威尼斯商人》有三条平行发展的情节线索,对各个情节的不同关注,导致不同的剧本解读。以鲍西娅为中心人物,梳理>三匣择亲<情节,可以表明爱是需要学习的艺术,其核心是情感与理智、理想与现实的协调。由此出发,全剧可以得到相对统一的解读视角,其他情节中的爱情、友情、亲情以及陌生人之间的感情也可以得到合理的解释。弗洛姆《爱的艺术》关于爱的理论有助于理解该剧的主题。 N2 - Shakespeare's >The Merchant of Venice< has three parallel plot lines. Different focuses on each plot lead to different interpretations of the play. Taking Portia as the central character and sorting out the plot of >Three Boxes to Choose a Marriage<, it can be shown that love is an art that needs to be learned, and its core is the coordination of emotion and reason, ideal and reality. From this point of view, the whole play can be interpreted from a relatively unified perspective, and the love, friendship, family affection and feelings between strangers in other plots can also be reasonably explained. Fromm's theory of love in >The Art of Loving< helps to understand the theme of the play. [Translation: www.google translator, 3/2025] Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mäder, Ueli T1 - Sozialstrukturen in der Schweiz JF - A. Spéth, D. Iten, L. Brügger (Hg.): Schweizer Kapitalismus. Erfolgsmodell in der Krise, Wien (mandelbaum – kritik&utopie) 2025, pp. 135-148. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mäder, Ueli T1 - Kommunikation in Krisenzeiten. Beitrag in >seniorweg.ch< am 17. Juni 2025. - https://seniorweb.ch/author/uelimaeder/ Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mareque, Juan T1 - Cruzando el temporal. Crónicas de la identidad fragmentada en el ámbito del trabajo en tiempos de pluralismo y crisis de sentido. Un estudio de Representaciones Sociales, BA-Thesis University of Buenos Aires, Dept. of Sociology, 2025, 21 pp. JF - En el presente trabajo vamos a investigar las representaciones sociales del sentido del trabajo para jóvenes de entre 25 y 35 años de AMBA con cierto recorrido laboral. La intención es determinar si se puede dar cuenta de los efectos del pluralismo moderno y del declive institucional como generadores potenciales de crisis de sentido que caracterizarían esta época socio histórica. Presumimos que esto se puede recorrer a través de la relación entre el mundo del trabajo y la identidad de los jóvenes, y la respuesta de los mismos frente a estas situaciones de crisis. Aplicaremos una estrategia cualitativa de análisis del discurso usando la técnica de entrevista. || This paper refers to an investigation of the social representations of the meaning of work for young people between 25 and 35 years old in the AMBA (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area) in Argentina, who have some professional experience. The intention is to determine whether the effects of modern pluralism and institutional decline can be accounted for as potential generators of the crisis of meaning that characterizes this socio-historical epoch. We hypothesize that this can be explored through the relationship between the world of work and youth identity, and their responses to these crisis situations. We will apply a qualitative discourse analysis strategy using the interview technique. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maniadakis, Grigoris T1 - The question of pleasure in the psychoanalytic treatment of borderline patients JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 34 (No. 1, 2025), pp. 057-061. N2 - Borderline states are known as forms of psychic structure functioning to a large extent >beyond the pleasure principle< as an aftermath of the traumatic relation with the primary object. In my paper I will try to approach facets of the above issue at the level of the technical aspects of borderline patients’ psychoanalytic treatment as well as particularities of the containing function and the countertransferential experience of the analyst. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maley, Terry T1 - Afterword: Fromm’s Contribution and Relevance Today JF - J. Fantauzzi, M. Levitin, T. Maley (Eds.), Erich Fromm and Left Strategy . New Paths Toward Radical Transformation, New York (Palgrave Macmillan) 2025, pp. 307-311. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maniadakis, Grigoris T1 - Review Skelton, Ross M.: The Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis, Edinburgh (Edinburgh University Press), 2006. JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 34 (No. 1, 2025), pp. 139-140. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mäder, Ueli T1 - Konflikte dialogisch angehen. Bericht zur Tagung der Fromm-Gesellschaft 2025 JF - Widersüruch. Beiträge zur sozialistischen Politik, Zürich, No. 84 (2025), pp. 171-180. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Markey, Adrienne T1 - Understanding the Other: Increasing Empathy through Literature and Language, An interdisciplinary thesis submitted to the University of Colorado Boulder, in partial fulfillment of the requirements to receive Honors designation in General Honors, Boulder, Colorado, United States 2025, 95 pp., English. N2 - The divisions between different populations within the US are socially constructed and perpetuated through intergroup interactions, cultural narratives, and media representation. These divisions contribute to the dehumanization of the >other<, a process that facilitates the justification of violence, systemic inequity, and social exclusion. When individuals perceive members of out-groups as fundamentally different or less human, any sense of shared humanity is eroded, making discrimination and harm more acceptable. However, empathy serves as a powerful counterforce to these divisive tendencies. As an adaptable and practicable cognitive and emotional process, empathy fosters understanding and reduces inner and outer group hostility. To effectively combat violence and social fragmentation, empathy must be cultivated and extended beyond familiar in-groups to encompass those perceived as >other<. One of the most compelling avenues for empathy-building is engagement with literature and language. Reading and language learning encourage perspective-taking, allowing individuals to step into the experiences of others, while also activating neural mechanisms associated with empathy. By fostering deeper emotional and intellectual connections between diverse groups, literature and language serve as critical tools in dismantling social barriers and promoting a more inclusive and equitable society. This thesis examines how, specifically, literature and language increase empathy, by analyzing interview data and literary works. While my interview sample is limited in scope, data suggest that storytelling and language learning possess a transformative power – one that can reshape perceptions, humanize the unfamiliar, and ultimately contribute to a more empathetic and connected society. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - McLaughlin, Neil T1 - How Political Was the Democratic Socialist Fromm? JF - J. Fantauzzi, M. Levitin, T. Maley (Eds.), Erich Fromm and Left Strategy . New Paths Toward Radical Transformation, New York (Palgrave Macmillan) 2025, pp. 255-284. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - McCormack, Rudy Leal T1 - Toward an Ecological Frommian Integration: Eco-Neurosis as a Sado-Masochistic Maladaptation JF - J. Fantauzzi, M. Levitin, T. Maley (Eds.), Erich Fromm and Left Strategy . New Paths Toward Radical Transformation, New York (Palgrave Macmillan) 2025, pp. 185-206. Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - McCormack, Rudy Leal T1 - Climate Anxiety as a Form of Sanity: Erich Fromm in the Age of Climate Crisis JF - Constellations, 2025. - https://doi.org/10.llll/1467-8675.70019 Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - McLaughlin, Neil T1 - Review Frie, R.: Edge of Catastrophe: Erich Fromm, Fascism, and the Holocaust JF - Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 2025, No. 61; https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.70024 Y1 - 2025 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Moroni, Angelo Antonio T1 - Adolescence as a phenomenon of the field and affection as a vector of at-one-ment in the analytic relationship JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 34 (No. 2, 2025), pp. 110-124. N2 - I believe that clinical work with adolescents provides extremely valuable contributions in the Field Theory area. The observation and care of adolescents has always made me think how growth is a painful process of separation from and rediscovery of the lost object in après-coup, how important it is for us analysts not to lose touch with our human gaze, and above all with the meaning of the affection that guides our clinical listening, especially when we are dealing with minors who are >hard to reach< (Joseph 1975). Therefore, I consider affection a genuine theoretical and technical prerequisite – I could say, a >parameter< – for emotionally contacting the adolescent in the symbolic and affective place where they happen to be: in other words, for fostering a unison. So, in this paper, I would like to try and set up a dialectic between the concepts of affection, unison (Bion 1962) and subjectivation in adolescence, understood as a field and group phenomenon. Y1 - 2025 ER -