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In Memoriam Fritz Riemann
(1979)
Aggression und Entfremdung
(1979)
Aggression und Entfremdung
(1979)
Editorial
(1979)
Erich Fromm
(1979)
Methoden und Perspektiven
(1979)
Erich Fromm
(1979)
God and the Contingent World
(1979)
Sullivan and Fromm
(1979)
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.