The Art of Living and the Dialectics of Social Transformation
- In this paper I compare Fromm’s account of social transformation with that of Alain Touraine. I argue that although there are many points of connection between Fromm’s account of >the art of living< and Alain Touraine’s account of the >Politics of the Subject,< Fromm ultimately goes beyond Touraine at many points, offering a more detailed explanatory account of how individual transformation is related to the larger, but related, goal of social transformation. I conclude that Fromm’s often overlooked account of the mechanics of individual change ought to be returned to in the process of reinvigorating social theory and practice.
MetadatenAuthor: | Kieran Durkin |
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Parent Title (English): | Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 024-032. |
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Series (Serial Number): | Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) (e23/2019b) |
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Document Type: | Articles |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first Publication: | 2019 |
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Release Date: | 2019/03/04 |
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Volume: | e23/2019b |
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Format: | PDF-file to download |
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IdNo: | Durkin_K_2019 |
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Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature): | Articles / Artikel |
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Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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International Erich Fromm Society's Writings: | Articles / Artikel |
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