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Faith as a Character Trait
(1942)
Glaube als Charakterzug
(1942)
[…] This somewhat polemic study in applied socio-economics, psychology, and ideology concentrates on one aspect of a larger work the author is preparing and >interrupted< because of >Present political developments< and >dangers<: he therefore was unable to 1941. This is all very nice but the author does not seem to know how this ideal is to be achieved. In his relative deposition of the man of special talent and thinking who has the >answers,< and would therefore be most unique and individual, the author creates a paradox in his quest for further development of the individual. His >Social Character< is more totalitarian than he imagines. Ironically, the author’s quotations from >Mein Kampf< read very much like Old Testament. (APA PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Dr. E. Fromm, in a recent report to the Journal of the American Home Economics Association, discussed the two kinds of hatred which he claims exist. One is what he calls the >counterpoint of life<. It is rational hatred, aroused by an attack on life, freedom, country, some person or institution we love. Such hatred is necessary for winning a war against aggression. >People must love what they are defending, in order to hate their attackers effectively.< The other kind of hatred, which he calls >character-conditioned<, was made use of by the Nazis in recruiting their party. The bulk of their recruits came from the lower middle class, who had led a starved and frustrated life socially and economically, particularly since 1918, in Germany. This led to tremendous irrational hatred and destructiveness which could only be expressed in small doses before the Nazi party offered an outlet.
Should We Hate Hitler?
(1942)