What would Erich Fromm say about North Korea? A preliminary application of humanist psychoanalysis

  • This paper considers the possibility of applying the sociologically oriented humanist psychoanalysis of Erich Fromm to the evaluation of the political character of the North Korean state and society, with particular attention given to Fromm's concepts of the matricentric complex and patricentric complex, as well as to his analysis of fascism and Stalinism. The author explains that if humanist psychoanalysis is consistently applied, North Korea can be understood as a transitional postcolonial Stalinist state with a patricentric social order that exploits the matricentric complex for mass control.

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Author:Alzo David-West
Parent Title (English):International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Abingdon (Routledge - Taylor and Francis) Vol. 22 (No. 3, 2013), pp. 176-187.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2013
Release Date:2014/01/28
Format:PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage
IdNo:David-West_A_2013
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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