Discussion about Fromm’s Theory of Social Character and Social Unconsciousness [论弗洛姆社会性格与社会无意识理论], Master thesis, Philosophy, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China 2008.

  • The theory of social character and social unconsciousness is Erich Fromm’s great breakthrough in the field of spirits analysis, and is established by absorbing the historical materialism on the basis of individual unconsciousness theory of Freud’s an collective unconsciousness theory of Carl Gustav Jung. Fromm stresses the role of social psychology in social historical process through the analysis of social character, reveals the method by which social unconsciousness is transformed into consciousness. Fromm proceeds from the combination of psychological factor economic factor and political factor, analyzes the relationship between the generation of social unconsciousness social character social consciousness and social existence. We cannot simply consider that the social psychology methodology is the extensive application of individual psychological analysis to social psychology, most theoretic researchers haven’t conducted systematic and detailed research about the relationship between social character and social unconsciousness theory, the innovation of this paper is to elaborate the complicated and close relationship between social character and social unconsciousness.– This paper introduces the theory origins of social character and the definition classification function significance of social unconsciousness, expounds the mechanism and function of social character and social unconsciousness in social system, the significance of social character and social unconsciousness in Fromm’s ideas system, analyzes the theoretic methodology of social character by Fromm, discusses who decide and how to decide social characters from the perspective of human situation, human nature relationship and so on, points out the contribution and limits of the theory of social character and social unconsciousness, hopes to find something unique and essential to be borrowed to construct the harmonious society currently.

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Author:Xiaoyan Zhao
Document Type:Dissertations
Language:Chinese
Year of first Publication:2008
Release Date:2014/01/28
Format:no copy existent / keine Kopie vorhanden
IdNo:Zhao_Xiaoyan_2008
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Dissertations / Dissertationen
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Dissertations / Dissertationen
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