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Many writers have commented on the lack of Freud's usual level of logic and powers of persuasion in Moses and Monotheism. The majority attribute it to the significance of dynamic determinants in Freud himself--most notably, identification with Moses. Fromm (1972) says >one must assume that Freud's preoccupation with Moses was rooted in the deep unconscious identification with him< (p. 79). Unfortunately, the situation is much more complex. Although many pertinent observations have been made, what is needed is a detailed dissection of the text, a correlation with elements from Freud's personal life, and an overall psychoanalytic synthesis of the data. This paper makes a beginning in that direction, incorporating the ideas of other investigators with those of the author – but it is hoped that much more detailed analysis and biographical correlation will follow. There is a wealth of information about Freud in Moses and Monotheism and no one paper will exhaust it. In this examination no attempt will be made to evaluate Moses and Monotheism for its literary, psycho-historical, or scientific merit. The focus is on the psychodynamic determinants of Freud's essay.
Few sociologists have investigated, systematically and empirically, the concept of freedom, as such. In this paper, freedom is explored as it is viewed and experienced by people rather than as a philosophical construct. Three dimensions of freedom are identified: ego, discipline, and conditional. These types of freedom are examined in six types of groups and in relation to feelings of loss of freedom. Finally, we approach a theory of freedom, its dimensions, and the manner in which it is experienced by actors.
My Own Concept of Man
(1977)
Genocide and Bereavement
(1977)
Discussed are the concepts of violence, coercion, and compulsion as they relate to the concept of freedom, and freedom or rights as they exist in terms of lack of compulsion on the individual. Discussion is centered on historical declarations of man's rights, espoused by, eg, John Locke and J. S. Mill, and the Chart of Rights adoped by the United States in 1948. The multiple freedoms defined by lack of compulsion are contrasted with what is called >positive freedom<, a singular concept independent of freedom from coercion. E. FROMM's concept of positive freedom is discussed in detail.
Explores and integrates differing views on the meanings of narcissism, including those of Sigmund Freud, Helene Deutsch, Erich FROMM, Heinz Kohut, and Otto Kernberg. The developmental antecedents of healthy self-esteem as contrasted with narcissism in its pathological form are outlined. Most defenses and emotional disorders are held to represent attempts to ward off narcissistic injuries. Children who are narcissistically exploited by parents, becoming extensions of those parents, have particular difficulty acquiring basic healthy self-esteem. Such children may suffer life-long dissatisfaction with themselves, regardless of their actual achievements. The narcissism of men and women is compared.
The hypothesis, suggested by both E. FROMM and T. Reik, that level of unhappiness prior to meeting a love partner should be related to current intensity of love experienced was tested for 61 college dating couples. Ss completed a 5-point scale of happiness, measures of dating love and general love, and personality and demographic measures. Results show that current happiness but not retrospective report of prior unhappiness was related to romantic love.
My Own Concept of Man
(1977)
Sullivan on Treatment
(1977)
Werner Heisenberg
(1977)
A New Copernicus?
(1977)
Bio-Communication in Dreams
(1977)
Contemporary Idioms
(1977)
The Young Camus
(1977)
In Homage to Ernest Schachtel. Review Essay of Peter Handke's >Sorrow Beyond Dreams: A Life Story<
(1977)
Learning from Mao
(1977)
Comments on Yasuhiko Taketomo's and Mildred C. Broffman's Paper: An Ostracism in Modern Society
(1977)
Conclusions
(1977)