Contested Common Ground and the Question of Emancipatory Value. Applying Fromm's Radical Humanism and Social Narcissism to the Discourse on Refugees and the Nation
- Universality is being deconstructed within contemporary social struggles. Focusing on struggles around the discourse on refugees and the nation, and so-called >welcome culture< in the German context in particular, questions arise regarding the emancipatory potential of emerging narratives of a contested common ground (Hark et al. 2015). This article proposes Erich Fromm's understanding of >radical humanism< (1968a) and its line of argumentation towards >global solidarity< (Wilde 2013) instead of national >group narcissism< (Fromm 1964a) as a normative base to evaluate the emancipatory value of emerging narratives.
Author: | Katrin Voigt |
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Parent Title (English): | Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 23 / 2019 (Special Edition), Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 153-160. |
Series (Serial Number): | Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) (e23/2019l) |
Document Type: | Articles |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2019 |
Release Date: | 2019/03/04 |
Volume: | e23/2019l |
Format: | PDF-file to download |
IdNo: | Voigt_K_2019 |
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature): | Articles / Artikel |
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
International Erich Fromm Society's Writings: | Articles / Artikel |
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