Erich Fromm: Clinical and Social Philosopher
- In his analysis of human socialization, Erich FROMM recognized both productive and unproductive tendencies in character development. These orientations, set forth in Man for Himself (New York: Rinehart and company, 1947), are reviewed in an assessment of FROMM's contribution to the concept of human responsibility. For FROMM, a productive orientation meant an attempt to realize one's creative, productive, and loving capacities; the various forms of unproductive orientation are described as follows: (1) receptive-satisfaction through the contributions of others (2) exploitative-progress marked by manipulative success with others; (3) hoarding-security achieved through miserly behavior in all life spheres; and (4) marketing-in which all persons and objects are given commodity value. Discussed are views of human behavior revealed as mysticism, narcissism, destructiveness, self-awareness, and body sensing.
MetadatenAuthor: | Edward S. Tauber |
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Parent Title (English): | Contemporary Psychoanalysis, New York (The Academic Press, Inc.), Vol. 15 (1979), pp. 201-213. |
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Document Type: | Articles |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first Publication: | 1979 |
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Release Date: | 2012/12/13 |
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Format: | PDF-file upon request / PDF-Datei auf Anfrage |
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IdNo: | Tauber_E_S_1979 |
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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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