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Editorial
(2006)
Erich FROMM's work in psychology and social theory includes an analysis of the contradiction in Sigmund Freud's thought between bourgeois patriarchal morality and radical demystification; however, FROMM's work contains its own contradiction between generative theory of social character and an idealistic concept of the >productive< individual. FROMM introduced the concept of >social character<, basing it on existential necessities imposed by the socioeconomic system, and interpreted Freud's theories as revealing some of the motivational basis for the individual's pursuit of this imposed behavior, while rejecting Freud's pessimistic concept of human nature. However, FROMM's concept of the productive person is an ideal type without clinical or historical grounding. It does not offer an adequate basis for resolving the problems of neurotics, but in fact is likely to encourage submission to them, blocking the attainment of positive relationships to social institutions and situations.
Erich Fromm and Sociology
(2006)
Erich Fromm
(2006)
Fromm (1900- 1980), the well-known German psychologist and creative continuator of the psychoanalysis current. In particular, she focuses on one of Fromm's principal works, Flight from Freedom, in which he had analysed the mechanisms inducing people to eschew independent thinking and submit to an authority demanding blind obedience. In constructing his system, he derived inspiration from the Biblical tradition, Freud and Marx, whilst approaching them critically from the very outset. Fromm has also presented his recipe for the building of a 'healthy society', based on the harmonious development of individuals in an environment permitting complete self-fulfilment within the bounds of respect for the freedom of others.
Review Louis J. Cozolino: The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain
(2006)
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
(2006)
On Perseus
(2006)