TY - BOOK A1 - Delogu, C. Jon T1 - Fascism, Vulnerability, and the Escape from Freedom: Readings to Repair Democracy, Pöunctumbooks 2022, 472 pp. N2 - In a comparative study of texts selected for their insights and occasional blind spots regarding fascist experiments of the past 100 years, Delogu examines fascism’s exploitation of fear (of change, loss, and death), disruption, and extreme inequality. The book offers an accessible and persuasive argument linking fascist authoritarianism, also called “right-wing populism,” to certain underlying conditions, such as a rise in us-versus-them thinking; distrust or simple apathy regarding democratic institutions, norms, and results; the vulnerabilities that result from extreme inequality (economic, social, racial); and addictions and codependency. Stressful events, such as a pandemic, an environmental disaster, or deep recession aggravate these harmful factors and make the fascist temptation, including the use of violence, almost irresistible. Delogu’s distinctive examination of texts that plumb the unconscious reveal linkages between actions and unavowable motives that purely historical and theoretical studies of fascism leave out. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ebke, Thomas T1 - Radikale Mimikry. Über den geschichtsontologischen Nihilismus des autoritären Charakters JF - Clemens, M., et al. (Eds.), Die Wiederkehr des autoritären Charakters. Transatlantische Perspektiven, ed. by Manuel Clemens, Thorben Päthe and Marc Petersdorff, Wiesbaden (Springer SV) 2022, pp. 087-110. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Elbe, Ingo T1 - The postmodern Querfront JF - Clemens, M., et al. (Eds.), Die Wiederkehr des autoritären Charakters. Transatlantische Perspektiven, ed. by Manuel Clemens, Thorben Päthe and Marc Petersdorff, Wiesbaden (Springer SV) 2022, pp. 209-234. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ehrlich, Robert T1 - Paul Williams’ portrayal of the psychological growth of the narrator in The fifth principle and Scum, part 1 JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 31 (No. 3, 2022), pp. 142-152. N2 - In this paper, I explore the nature of Paul Williams’ portrayal of the psychological growth of the narrator in The fifth principle and Scum. Growing up in an impoverished environment, both as a child and as an adolescent, the narrator experienced forms of neglect and abuse, which, together with the fantasies that he created, left him traumatized and close to being totally shattered. This is conveyed quite graphically through the use of various stylistic devices that include shifts in the method of narration in both books as well as the innovative use of language in Scum. Through extensive introspection as well as the help provided by others, the narrator suggests that he became sufficiently psychologically independent as well as capable of feeling connected to others in sustained ways. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ehrlich, Robert T1 - Paul Williams’ portrayal of the psychological growth of the narrator in The fifth principle and Scum, part 2 JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 31 (No. 3, 2022), pp. 153-160. N2 - In this paper, I explore the nature of Paul Williams’ portrayal of the psychological growth of the narrator in The fifth principle and Scum. Growing up in an impoverished environment, both as a child and as an adolescent, the narrator experienced forms of neglect and abuse, which, together with the fantasies that he created, left him traumatized and close to being totally shattered. This is conveyed quite graphically through the use of various stylistic devices that include shifts in the method of narration in both books as well as the innovative use of language in Scum. Through extensive introspection as well as the help provided by others, the narrator suggests that he became sufficiently psychologically independent as well as capable of feeling connected to others in sustained ways. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - BOOK ED - Fahrenberg, Jochen ED - Fahrenberg, Anne T1 - Täterforschung nach Auschwitz. John Steiners Untersuchungen. Nachlass eines Auschwitz-Überlebenden, herausgegeben von Jochen und Anne Fahrenberg, Lengerich (Pabst Science) 2023, 537 pp. Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Fan, Xiaohu T1 - On the World Peace Thoughts in Erich Fromm, Doctoral dissertation, Philosophy, Liaoning University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China 2022. [doi.org/10.27209/d.cnki.glniu.2022.002077] N2 - [Chinese abstract not available] The thoughts of world peace is the mainstream thoughts in Fromm’s humanistic philosophy, Fromm believes: >The ideal of a world of a great harmony is the common aspiration of human, and it is also the common goal that human beings should try their best to achieve.< Fromm integrated Freud’s and Marx’s theories and revealed that the first inherent potential in human nature, namely creativity, reason and love, is the key to realize a sound human society, and is also the source of strength for human beings to realize a peaceful world without war. There is still the second potential in human nature, which is to pursue the satisfaction of human beings’ natural desires. Under the unsound social environment, the second potential of human beings may develop morbidly under the joint action of various factors that violate human nature, and then become the fuse of war and conflict. In Fromm’s theory, human nature is consistent with human nature. Human nature is contradictory, and human nature is not fixed and rigid. Contradictions contained in human nature directly determine human behavior and its realistic results, and then determine whether the human world will achieve peace or be deeply mired in war. Because of the consistent relationship between the contradiction contained in human nature and the process of human practice, the positive change of human practice, the way of practice and the return of human nature to the first potential are the powers to reshape sound human nature and create a peaceful new world. Therefore, human nature is plastic, and there is hope for world peace.– By analyzing the socialized and historically evolving human nature, Fromm reveals that social development is not only determined by economic factors, but also influenced by social character and social unconsciousness. Social unconsciousness is the repressed part of society that is incompatible with the mainstream consciousness of society. Through the screening of social filters, That is to say, after being filtered by the social mainstream consciousness system composed of language, logic and social taboos, the unconscious commonality contained in the social unconscious and meeting the corresponding screening standards can rise to the social consciousness level and become a component of the social mainstream consciousness. At the same time, the social unconscious that does not meet the relevant screening standards does not disappear, but penetrates the development and deepening of labor and social exchanges with the participation of all members. Universal penetration and integration into the subconscious activities of all members, and in the unconscious practice of most members, it exerts a subtle influence on the thoughts and behaviors of all members, and has made an influence on the future trend of the society as a whole.– In addition, there is a close relationship between the realization of world peace and human behavior. Human behavior is the search, practice and creation of survival significance under the specific historical and production conditions of society. Fromm divides human behavior into rational behavior and irrational behavior according to the beneficial and unhelpful cooperation between human behavior and society. Irrational behavior is the alienation behavior polluted by inhuman factors, resulting in the generalization and pathological performance of social members. Rational behavior is a normal behavior conforming to the first potential of human nature. After being refined by the common practice of society, individual behavior gradually condenses into the general behavior of society around the humanity with the characteristics of the times and nationalities. Society itself exists as the foundation of the human world, and the soundness and morbidity of the general behavior of society directly determine the common destiny of the world. Therefore, the realization of world peace should not be limited to the perfection of human nature, but the social unconsciousness and the soundness of human behavior also play an important role. Social character also has an important influence on the development of society and the realization of positive peace. Fromm put forward the concept of social character in his book Escape from Freedom, and discussed the social character and character structure hidden behind mass behavior. Later, in his monograph >The Sane Society<, he studied the dialectical relationship among the three factors of >economic basis, social character thoughts and ideal<, revealing that social character is a dynamic evolution process of human nature. Social character plays both positive and negative roles in the economic foundation of society and the actual behavior of human beings. The overall practice of human beings determines the sound level of social character, and the soundness of social character also has a great impact on the overall practice of human beings and its practical results. Therefore, the realization of human positive peace can not be separated from the assistance of positive social character, which reflects human nature and plays a great role in the development of social history and the realization of human peace in reality.– The discussion of world peace is the peak of Erich Fromm’s philosophical development, and it is also the main logical clue to implement Fromm’s humanistic philosophy. One of the notable signs is that Fromm opposes US imperialism, Nazism and hegemonism and advocates world peace. Fromm wrote: >The future world should be a one-size-fits-all world.< […], that is to say, the future world is a borderless human union that has permanently eliminated the wars among countries, political parties, races, groups and organizations. Unfortunately, no matter at home or abroad, there are very few works that discover this theme and study it, and there are great limitations. However, from the two aspects of history and reality derived from human development, it is not difficult to find that although the world situation has been in turmoil for a long time, the pursuit of world peace by human beings is still the general trend. The disasters that occurred in the past and are happening have proved that the corresponding problems can be solved as desired by no country or a few countries alone. The world itself is a community of destiny, so human beings need to unite and tide over difficulties together. Fromm’s thoughts of world peace occupies an important position in his research in many fields. This thesis uses >the subject of world peace – the behavior of the subject – the society connected with the subject< as a dynamic logical framework, systematically reconstructs Fromm’s thoughts of world peace, and provides a new perspective for studying Fromm’s thoughts. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 2/2024] Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fan, Xiaohu A1 - Lu, Jierong T1 - A Comparison between Kant’s Thoughts of Permanent Peace and Fromm’s Thoughts of World Peace [康德永久和平思想与弗洛姆世界和平思想之比较] JF - Journal of Shenyang Normal University (Social Science Edition) [沈阳师范学院学报(社会科学版)], No. 1 (2022), 37-42. N2 - 康德和弗洛姆都是主张世界和平的哲学家,两人相距近200年。康德目的论哲学世界和平思想与弗洛姆人本主义哲学世界和平思想对人性、对和平实现的途径与方式存在理论上的差异,但两者都认为世界和平的实现是人类由野蛮步入文明的一个自然而又必然的历史发展过程,两者都是从世界和平的实现与人类本质的正常运行之间的内在关联性出发,致力于通过对人性的反思而构建出一致于人类本质正常发展需求的世界和平新秩序。 N2 - Both Kant and Fromm are philosophers who advocate world peace, and they are more than 200 years apart. There are theoretical differences between Kant’s teleological philosophy and Fromm’s humanistic philosophy in world peace in terms of human nature, ways and means to achieve peace. However, they both believe that the realization of world peace is a natural and inevitable historical process of mankind from barbarism to civilization. Both of them starting from the intrinsic relationship between the realization of world peace and the normal operation of human nature, are committed to constructing a new world peace order that is consistent with the normal development needs of human nature through reflections on human nature, which this study tries to make a comparative exploration. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 4/2022] Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fan, Longyun A1 - et al., T1 - Fromm's Establishment of Positive Freedom and Its Modern Enlightenment [弗洛姆积极自由的确立及其现代启示] JF - Journal of Tasting the Classics [品位·经典], No. 20 (2022), pp. 52-54. N2 - 人道主义哲学家弗洛姆从心理学和哲学两个视角阐述自由思想,将弗洛伊德的精神分析学说和马克思主义理论作为基础支撑。从传统社会到现代社会,现代人愈发凸显自由却孤独的特征,从而产生“逃避自由”的心理机制,而自由的终点是由逃避自由到追求积极自由。深入理解弗洛姆的自由思想对进一步剖析资本主义生产方式和社会主义现代化建设具有启示意义。 N2 - The humanist philosopher Fromm elaborates the idea of freedom from two perspectives: psychology and philosophy, taking Freud's psychoanalysis and Marxist theory as the foundation support. From traditional society to modern society, modern people are increasingly characterized by freedom but loneliness, thus generating the psychological mechanism of >freedom avoidance<, while the end of freedom is from freedom avoidance to the pursuit of positive freedom. A deeper understanding of Fromm's idea of freedom is of inspiration for further analysis of the capitalist mode of production and socialist modernization. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 1/2023] Y1 - 2022 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Feng, Jing T1 - Research on Fromm’s Humanistic Thought, Master thesis, Philosophy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 2022. N2 - Erich Fromm is a famous Western Marxist, and a key member of Frankfurt School. He constructed his own humanistic ideology, with exploring the living dilemma of modern people, criticizing the morbid society and yearning for a sound society in the future as the goal, calling for human subjectivity as the object of study and the thread that runs through all theories, analysis of phenotypic analysis mechanism and character structure of modern alienation as the breakthrough point. There is a profound brand of the times and a complex theoretical background during the formation of humanistic thought. The brutality of the two world wars trampling on human nature, the rapid recovery of western economies lead to the war aggravating the alienation of human nature and generalizing the phenotypic analysis problems, and the influence of religion and family all prompted him to devote himself to realizing the return of >human< in academic and practice. The recommendation and application of Marx’s theory of labor alienation by Frankfurt School and the exploration and revelation of human nature by psychoanalysis theory have prepared the prerequisite conditions for the construction of his cultural view of human nature and humanitarian ideological system. >Alienation< – the core concept of Marx’s theory, Freud’s theory of the structure of character, the cultural undertones of western liberalism and humanism, the social critical theory of the Frankfurt School. All of these above, are the theoretical origin of its ideological system. Starting from the logic of modern man, Fromm takes Marx’s theory of labor alienation and Freud’s >synthesis< of psychoanalysis as the research tool, comprehensively and systematically expounds his own humanitarian thoughts. First, freedom is a matter of quantity as well as quality. Through analyzing the phenotypic analysis mechanism and character structure of human alienation, he pointed out that modern people have two sides of >gain< and >escape< in their treatment of freedom which root in man’s living circumstance and individual experience. Second, alienation is a universal objective existence. He defined alienation as an emotional and psychological subjective experience. He believes that alienation of capitalist society is constantly deepening and universalizing, mainly in the aspects of human nature, social character, social psychology and emotion. Third, love is a force that overcomes alienation. Love is an art and an ability that can be learned by practice. The ability to love is the way and method to overcome alienation, but the acquisition of the ability to love depends on the influence of the society on the personality of the individual. Modern westerners are cogs in machines that cannot love, so the ability to love is gradually being lost. Fourth, the hallmark of a healthy society is sharing. Through the psychoanalysis of human beings, Fromm concluded that western society is morbid and unsound. He proposed to reform the society from three aspects – economy, politics and culture, and expected to build a >humanistic public ownership< of a sound society with shared work, shared experience and common management. He believed that this is the goal of all the modern people. Fromm’s humanistic thought is unique. In the construction of the humanistic ideological system, he took a road of focusing on the micro, the macro and the reality. Its main characteristics are the >comprehensive< innovation in the ideological system, and the call for the subjectivity of human beings in the purpose and method. The most notable feature is the profound analysis and humanistic criticism of western capitalism based on reality. Fromm’s humanistic thought has irreplaceable academic status and application value in the western cultural tradition and the theoretical pedigree of Western Marxism. It has enlightenment and reference function in restraining the phenotypic analysis mechanism and social character of human alienation and overcoming the >possession-oriented ways of existence< to a certain extent. But supplementing Marxism with the subjectively defined theory of human nature, attributing the pathology of modern and contemporary capitalist societies to problems of human nature, defining the transformation of western society as the transformation of human nature, using >love< and >character construction< as tools to transform reality and build a sound society all obviously have theoretical prejudice and character of Utopia. [Translation: www.cnki.net, 1/2023] Y1 - 2022 ER -