Looking into the hearts of the workers: or How Erich Fromm turned critical theory into empirical research

  • Evaluates the 1st opinion survey that applied modern psychological methods to the study of electoral and political behavior. The survey was conducted by the Frankfurt Institute of Social Research between 1929 and 1931 among white- and blue-collar workers in Germany. Data were evaluated by E. FROMM in 1937-1938 and were published in German in 1980 and in English in 1984. Despite problems and shortcomings, FROMM's manuscript warrants attention as a historical document and as a provocative piece of data evaluation. The manuscript demonstrates how opinion surveys can be inspired by psychoanalytic technique and proposes a reasonable way of assessing the depth of democratic commitment. It advances a nonreductionist hypothesis concerning the interrelation of personality and politics and accounts for internal contradictions in political attitudes and behavior.

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Author:José Brunner
Parent Title (English):Political Psychology, Vol. 15 (No. 4, 1994), pp. 631-654.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1994
Release Date:2014/01/28
Format:PDF-scan to download
IdNo:Brunner_J_1994
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
Licence (German):
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