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E. フロム精神分析理論における宗教論の教育的含意 [Educational Implications of the Theory of Religion in E. Fromm's Psychoanalysis]

  • 本稿の目的は、精神分析家エリッヒ・フロムの宗教論を検討し、「教化」する権威的な「宗教」に抵抗しつつ、なおも「宗教的」に生きる方途を探った彼の思索の教育的含意を明らかにすることである。結論として、本稿は、フロムが「気づき」の「能力」を尊重することによって、「宗教的」に生きることを構想していた事実を闡明し、最後に、彼の理論が道徳教育の教科化の事例に先鋭化される現代教育の問題に対してもつ意義を明示する。
  • German-born psychoanalyst Erich Fromm (1900-1980), who worked mainly in the U.S., criticized the forcible indoctrination of authoritarian religion. However, at the same time he tried to help his clients achieve an attitude that could be called religious in the humanistic sense. In this sense, his psychoanalytic theory has educational implications. This paper explains the structure of Fromm's discussion of religion in his psychoanalytic theory, and presents a critical viewpoint on contemporary Japanese education based on Fromm's theory. To this end, this study focuses on Fromm's theory of religion in his psychoanalytic theory as found in his Psychoanalysis and Religion. First, the paper outlines Fromm's theory of religion, namely, the functional definition of >religion<, >humanistic religion>, and >authoritarian religion<, in comparison with Freud's understanding of religion. Then the paper examines Fromm's idea of the relationship between psychoanalysis and religion, neither irreconcilable nor conciliatory. Second, this paper reviews previous studies discussing and lauding Fromm's ideas of the relationship between psychoanalysis and religion, finding that these studies have already criticized because of their conciliatory stance on the relationship. Subsequently, the paper shows that most Fromm-related studies in education overlook the theory of religion and conciliate his psychoanalytic and religious theories. The paper also addresses a study that does not conciliate the relationship but overlooks the importance of Fromm's theory of religion, focusing only on the logic of Freudian psychoanalytic theory. Third, this paper confirms how Fromm's >revised< psychoanalytic theory grasps the position of >religion< in its theory, and clarifies the point that Fromm regards >religion< as a product of human need springing from human beings' existential dichotomy. Therefore, Fromm's psychoanalysis is a theory that continues to face the problems of >religion< and of how to identify >religion.< Fourth, this paper considers how Fromm's psychoanalytic theory distinguishes the nature of >religion< from the perspective of whether the domain is humanistic or authoritarian. The paper then demonstrates that this distinction is governed by the role of >awareness< in his psychoanalytic process, which Fromm refers to as a search for the truth: a step in the direction of un-deception (de-deception [Ent-täuschung]). Then the paper shows that his psychoanalytic theory is an educational theory that discovers the truth while becoming aware of the unconscious and aims at attaining religious experience. Finally, the paper reveals that discussing Fromm's psychoanalytic theory while focusing on his theory of religion has its own educational implications.

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Author:Kazunao Morita
Parent Title (Japanese):教育学研究 [The Japanese Journal of Educational Research], Vol. 87, No. 4 (2020), pp. 131-141. [doi.org/10.11555/kyoiku.87.4_597]
Document Type:Articles
Language:Japanese
Year of first Publication:2020
Release Date:2024/04/04
Format:PDF-file to download
IdNo:Morita_K_2020
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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