TY - GEN A1 - Barnett-Phillips, Janine T1 - YA Realism as Remedy: A Realm of Hope, Doctoral dissertation (in partial fulfillment of the requirements), Philosophy, Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of South Wales, Wales, UK 2022, 121+4 pp., English [/pure-test.southwales.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/15357519/PhD._YA_Realism_as_Remedy._A_Realm_of_Hope_by_J_Barnett_Phillips.pdf] N2 - This thesis argues for greater instrumentalisation of Young Adult (YA) realism in secondary schools. I argue for its inclusion in the curriculum but, more specifically, for its use as part of intervention programmes that allow young people to discuss a range of emotional and mental health difficulties in a safe space. Chapter One introduces the central research questions and methodology. Chapter Two provides an overview of the relationship between >Realism< and >realistic fiction< so that the work is situated within Literary Studies. Acknowledging that ‘reality’ in fiction can only be represented within the conventions of narrative structure, the thesis provides a definition of YA realism: it is an artistic representation of a variety of adolescent experiences that could occur in the real world, a fictionalisation of the feasible. Because certain YA material is treated in ‘realist’ mode, controversies often erupt so some of those issues will be foregrounded here. An overview of the evidence that reading can have a positive impact on well-being is provided in Chapter Three and a discussion about hope and why storytelling matters should help to explain why: YA realism can be a remedy. In Chapter Four, I argue that endings of these books are important and leave the readers of a realm of hope. An analysis of these novels from this standpoint could provide the narrative solution to concerns about certain aspects of YA realism and allay any fears that the books are inappropriate. The chapter offers an analysis of: Melvin Burgess’s >Junk< (1996); Jay Asher’s >Thirteen Reasons Why< (2007); Stephen Chbosky’s >The Perks of Being a Wallflower< (1999) and Angie Thomas’s >The Hate You Give< (2017). Each section explores the authors’ depiction of hope and positivity in the context of the adolescent experiences of sexuality, prejudice, identity, bullying, rejection, suicide, rape and abuse. The final chapter reflects on the writing of my own YA novel, Asterix Clementine, as well as the well-being workshops that I currently deliver to young adults in schools in Wales. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Binder, Per-Einar T1 - Facing the uncertainties of being a person: On the role of existential vulnerability in personal identity JF - Philosophical Psychology (2022), pp. 1-24. [doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2022.2129002] N2 - This paper explores the role of existential vulnerability in the experience of personal identity and how identity is found and created. Existential vulnerabilities mark a boundary between what humans can bring about willfully or manipulate to their advantage and what is resistant to such actions. These vulnerabilities have their origin, on an ontological level, in fundamental conditions of human existence. At the same time, they have implications on a psychological level when it comes to self-experience and identity formation. Narrative and value-based identity depend on how a person relates to finitude and the ambiguous side of lived experience. Relational identity depends on how a person relates to existential aloneness and the fact that the meaning and value of our actions are partly out of our control; they are always also dependent on other people’s responses to us. Bodily identity makes us feel continuous and real, but at the same time vulnerable to death and the gaze and actions of others. Being >thrown< into an arbitrary life context is also a form of existential vulnerability. Authentic psychological identities can develop by giving meaning to these circumstances and balancing acceptance of existential vulnerability with the courage to make choices and act. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cardin, Eric Gustavo T1 - Volta para o lugar de onde veio! O lugar da xenophobia e a demarcação social [Go Back to Where you Came From! The Place of Xenophobia and Social Demarcation] JF - Revista GeoPantanal (UFMS), No. 32 (2022), pp. 26-43. [Online ISSN 2446-8681] [periodicos.ufms.br/index.php/revgeo/article/view/16475] N2 - A pesquisa explora o uso instrumental da xenofobia como ferramenta de desclassificação social no período da pandemia de Covid-19, mais especificamente durante o ano de 2020. Para tanto, organizamos e analisamos os casos reportados em jornais de grande circulação do Brasil utilizando o Atlas.ti. O texto encontra-se organizado em duas partes. Na primeira, encontram-se alguns casos representativos do uso instrumental da xenofobia, enquanto na segunda são problematizadas as denúncias realizadas pela imprensa. Juntas, iluminam o lugar onde se encontra as condições para a constituição e a manutenção da xenofobia como um recurso de demarcação e exclusão. N2 - The research explores the instrumental use of xenophobia as a tool of social declassification in the period of the Covid-19 pandemic, more specifically during the year 2020. To this end, we organize and analyze the cases reported in large circulation newspapers in Brazil using the Atlas.ti. The text is organized in two parts. In the first, some representative cases of the instrumental use of xenophobia are found, while in the second, the denunciations made by the press are problematized. Together, they illuminate the place where the conditions for the constitution and maintenance of xenophobia are found as a resource of demarcation and exclusion. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cawood, Helen-Mary A1 - Amiradakis, Mark J. T1 - From Otium to Opium (and back again?): Lockdown’s Leisure Industry, Hyper-synchronisation and the Philosophy of Walking JF - Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, Vol. 22, No. 1 (2022), pp. 1-10. [Online ISSN 1445-7377] [doi.org/10.1080/20797222.2022.2109331] N2 - This article provides an account of the cultural changes induced by the pandemic, and draws on the tradition of critical theory (especially the work of Horkheimer and Adorno, and Fromm) and the work of Bernard Stiegler to critically assess their impact. It is argued that the rise of online forms of consumption based around streaming have had a deleterious impact on the critical faculties of the individual, and argues that the practice of walking – as proposed by Frederic Gros – could potentially provide a remedy to the problems caused by the increase of uncritical cultural consumption. In this respect, it provides an original account of the relevance of both the tradition of critical theory and the work of Stiegler to the pandemic, together with providing a discussion around the act of walking as an active measure that one can implement in one’s life to counteract and (hopefully) overcome the detrimental effects that the commodification of leisure time has fostered during the pandemic. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Arabatzis, Georgios T1 - Pornography and Stress JF - Conatus – Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2022), pp. 143-156. [Online ISSN 2459-3842] [ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/Conatus/article/view/31971/24631] N2 - Pornography, especially in its compulsive form of viewing, is closely linked to ways of managing and reducing stress. Pornographic realism, which is the contemporary form of pornographic representation, is based on technological innovations such as photographic and digital recording of sexual reality. The description of the character of the two forms of recording demonstrates the historical development of pornographic realism. Moving away from pure psychology, we can discern in the field of human sciences the specificity of the relations between pornography and stress reduction through the distinction between the Principle of Pleasure (Lustprinzip) and the Principle of Reality (Realitätsprinzip) at the collective level or otherwise in the space of the co-being (Mitsein). On the other hand, the distance of sexual need from hunger and the plasticity of the former makes pornography a practicable way of dealing with the contradictions of ordinary existence. In sum, the above articulation explains how pornography makes the world of sexual satisfaction go hand in hand with coping with and managing stress. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jacobsen, Kurt T1 - Shrinking Vistas: Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis, and the Postmodern Mire JF - Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis. From the Frankfurt School to Contemporary Critique, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 247-263. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Jiang, Shuhan T1 - A Study of the Interpersonal Ethic in Graham Swift’s Literary Works, Doctoral dissertation, World Literature, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China 2022 [application of Fromm's theories to art]. N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] Graham Colin Swift is regarded as one of the most outstanding writers in Britain. As the winner of Booker Prize in 1996, his works are based on the national history, social culture and natural geography of England, and he applies multiple narrative strategies which combine characterization, social background and historical events skillfully. In each of his literary works, Swift concentrates on describing and clarifying the ethical dilemma which is confronted by the protagonist who is interwoven in historical, political, cultural and economic factors. Swift has been focusing on the social problems in his literary creation for more than 40 years, and he has realized that the problems in interpersonal ethics are one of the main reasons for the intensification of social conflicts in England. Through the research, we can conclude that family, neighbor and gender constitute three levels of the ethical conflicts in Swift’s fictions. Through keen observation, Swift discerns the crux of the interpersonal ethics crisis in western society nowadays, which is the absence of love. According to the theory of Erich Fromm’s humanistic philosophy, Feuerbach’s humanistic thought, and Marx’s and Engels’ discourses on family, this thesis lucubrates on the interpersonal ethics in Swift’s literary works, and focuses on exploring and explaining the interpersonal ethical view which represents in his fictions. In addition to the Introduction, this thesis is composed of four chapters. The first chapter focuses on The Sweet-Shop Owner and Tomorrow, which reveals the abnormal ethical images of British families, such as generation gap, patriarchy, sibling mutilations and domestic violence. The second chapter focuses on Shuttlecock and Here We Are, which uncovers the strange ethical phenomena of neighbors in four aspects, such as exploited and betrayal friendship, tense teacher-student relationship, unjust superior-subordinate relationship and ruthless doctor-patient relationship. The third chapter focuses on >Waterland< and >Wish You Were Here<, which exposes the ethical chaos of the sexual relationship, such as loveless marriage, extramarital affairs, incest and commercial sex. The fourth chapter focuses on >The Light of Day< and [the short story] >Gabor<, which represents the writer’s reflection on interpersonal relationships and the exploration of achieving ethical harmony. Swift concerns himself with interpersonal ethics and sets >love thought< in all his fictions, even though consumerism has been long widespread and interpersonal relations are cold and alienated. Swift’s works reflect the universality of ethical issues which exist between families, neighbors and genders. Generation gap and patriarchy are common in the family. Sibling estranged and harmed mutually, and domestic violence also happen frequently. The neighbor relations in the commodity society are composed by betrayal and treachery friendship, unfair and injustice superior-subordinate relationship, non-communicated tea¬cher-student relationship and ruthless doctor-patient relationship. There are discordant couples in typical loveless marriages in capitalist society, not only immoral extramarital affair, but also tragedy of incest that breaks through ethical taboos. With the emergence of liberal feminism and sexual liberation movement, female’s flesh is commercialized for trading under the influence of consumerism. All the ethical problems which make people puzzled are caused by the absence and alienation of >love<. Except demonstrating the >loveless< interpersonal relationships, several positive models are present in Swift’s fictions, too. At the same time, Swift makes moral reflection on the problem of interpersonal relationship, and actively explores the feasibility of reconstructing benign interpersonal relationship in his works. Interpersonal ethical thought is the creation core of Graham Swift’s literary works. As a contemporary British writer, he undertakes the moral responsibility and historical mission. He not only exposes the interpersonal ethical problems, but also presents the diversified ethical choice, and his ultimate purpose is to explore how love constructs a harmonious interpersonal ethical order. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 1/2025] Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Johnston, Adrian T1 - Communism and Ambivalence: Freud, Marxism, and Aggression JF - Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis. From the Frankfurt School to Contemporary Critique, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 26-65. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Jin, Jingsheng T1 - Fromm’s Thought of Sound Personality and Its Enlightenment to Chinese Cultivation of Sound Personality of Youth in the New Era, Master thesis, Psychology, Zhejiang Provincial Party School of the Communist Party of China, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 2022. N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] Erich Fromm is a famous 20th century humanist and psychoanalyst. He creatively established the humanis¬tic psychoanalysis. Fromm is deeply concerned about the alienated people in the real world, continually focusing on their mental health issues. In addition, he is committed to exploring approaches to help modern people escape from the predicament of survival, and devoting his life to the cause of human liberation. This thesis mainly discusses Fromm’s thought of sound personality, sorts out and summarizes the content of sound personality thought scattered in Fromm’s works, forms a systematic study. The thesis combines the requirements of China in the new era for the sound development of young people’s personality to explore the contemporary value of Fromm’s thought. This research mainly consists of four chapters. The first chapter is the introduction, which mainly discusses the background and significance of studying Fromm’s thought of sound personality. The second chapter is the theoretical source of Fromm’s sound personality thought, mainly introducing the background, theoretical origins, and the theoretical basis of the thought. The third chapter is the basic content of Fromm’s thought of healthy personality, mainly introducing the definition, characteristics and path of healthy personality. The third chapter is the basic content of Fromm’s sound personality thought, narrating from four aspects: the definition, characteristics, training path and the evaluation of the thought. The fourth chapter is the en¬lightenment of Fromm’s sound personality thought to the cultivation of healthy personality of young people in the new era. In this chapter, the author summarizes and discusses the characteristics of sound perso¬nality of young people in the new era from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s lecture to young people, and points out the rationality of studying Fromm’s sound personality thought in the new era. Combining with the characteristics of sound personality discussed above, the author argues that the culti¬vation of healthy personality in the new era requires the pursuit of positive freedom, the cultivation of productive oriented personality, the pursuit of a life-style of paying attention to survival, and the cultivation of the ability of creative love. Although Fromm’s thought of sound personality is a product of the capitalist society in the 20th century, it has theoretical significance and practical value for cultivating healthy youth, forming a positive social mentality and building a socialist harmonious society in China in the new era. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 1/2025] Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Strosberg, Benjamin B. T1 - Critical Theory and Anti-Semitism: Implications for Politics, Education, and Psychoanalysis JF - Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis. From the Frankfurt School to Contemporary Critique, London and New York (Routledge) 2022, pp. 131-157. Y1 - 2022 ER -