Presents overview of Erich FROMM's theory of human development with special emphasis on the origin of basic human needs, reciprocal interaction between these needs, and sociocultural structures that mold social character. Describes different types of social character in terms of socioeconomic structures that produce them. Describes features of good society and specifies implications for counselors.
The Colored Woman's Office
(1993)
The Looking-Glass Self
(1993)
Starting with three examples showing different kinds of external barriers which meet a woman in her professional life, the author examines how they are related to internal elements. She points out power as a common factor, and proposes that Freud, as well as many succeeding male and female psychoanalysts, wishfully described women as suffering from deficiencies, while the unconscious image of Mother in children and adults of both sexes is the very opposite of this: a potentially dangerous or ideally good, powerful creature. She argues that both men and women out of fear for this power try to restrict and belittle the capabilities of women. This thesis is further delineated by references to Greek mythology and clinical examples.
Das dialogische Prinzip und die Suizidpraevention [The dialog principle and suicide prevention
(1993)
Die Bedeutung des dialogischen Prinzips für die Suizidprävention wird herausgearbeitet. Im Anschluss an eine Skizzierung psychoanalytischer und verhaltenstherapeutischer Suizidtheorien wird das dialogische Prinzip bei Martin Buber verdeutlicht. Im Umgang mit Suizidanten wird eine Ich-Es-Beziehung für unzureichend, eine Ich-Du-Beziehung für hilfreich erachtet. Ausgehend von den von Erich FROMM diskutierten Konzepten der Biophilie und Nekrophilie wird empfohlen, die noch vorhandenen Stärken von suizidalen Klienten zu unterstützen.