Erich Fromm

Philosopher Erich Fromm was born in the early 20th century and could witness all of its major developments (Cherry). Not only did it bring technological progress and new ideologies, but also bitter fruits of war unseen by mankind before. He contemplated the motives behind aggression and violence which led him to the study of psychology and sociology (Cherry). Fromm’s last work, “To Have or to Be” (1976), is the culmination of his strive to find and explain the purpose of human life. He perceived

article, “The Authoritarian Personality,” written by Erich Fromm discusses the common and different characteristics between the two forms of an authoritarian personality. He starts to explain how one becomes a mature person. He states that to become a mature person, said person needs to have developed love and reason. He then states that an authoritarian character has not reached maturity, and therefore, has not developed love or reason. Erich Fromm continues to explain that the difference between the

be able to obtain freedom and be released from captivity from themselves or an outside authority which philosopher Erich Fromm explains. Erich Fromm was a Jewish German social psychologist and philosopher, and also a writer notable for his social and political commentary as for his philosophical and psychological underpinnings. In Escape from Freedom one of his important work, Fromm uses the insights of psychoanalysis to analyze the illness of a concurrent civilization as witnessing its willingness

AND MORAL PROBLEM 1 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Summaries Name Class Professor Date DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM 2 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Erich Fromm’s essay “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” suggests that humankind’s evolution has, and continues

Erich Fromm in his novel To Have Or To Be argues that there are two forms of existence: having and becoming. He believes that modern society is dominated by the “to have” mode, which is as a soul-less and selfish pursuit of material possessions. He also argues that neither capitalism nor communism offer a way out of society’s obsession with having because both economic systems have a materialistic foundation. Therefore, Fromm attempted to synthesize capitalism and Marxist humanism to form a society

mother and father I know they love each other that's why they got married. But, as I read the passage on love in Erich Fromm's book To Have Or To Be looking from a philosopher's perspective on it has a whole different meaning on the understanding of what people may know what love truly means. In this essay I will be giving my point of view of what love is and my meaning and points from Erich Fromm's book.

The Evil of Capitalism An obsession of any kind is usually unhealthy, but obsession with money can destroy the soul. Karl Marx believed that human activity is paralyzed by the capitalist system. To be sure, the all-encompassing passion for wealth and power is unchristian, but is all capitalism evil? If the answer were yes, then abandoning capitalism, with its central goal of profit, would seem to be an obvious solution to the social ills of mankind. Of course, eliminating capitalism is

In his essay, “The Authoritarian Personality,” Erich Fromm elucidates the two types of authoritarian personalities: the passive-authoritarian (masochistic, submissive), and the active-authoritarian (sadistic, dominant). In contrast to the authoritarian personality—which is marked by one’s inability to rely upon oneself—Fromm posits that the character of the independent individual is marked by two skills: love and reason. According to Fromm, love allows the individual to maintain autonomy whilst connecting

2 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Erich Fromm’s essay “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” suggests that humankind’s evolution has, and continues to rely on man’s capability to exercise disobedience. While discussing the positions of disobedience being considered a vice, and obedience being a virtue, Fromm reflects upon the history of Adam and Eve believing that “eating the forbidden fruit” was man’s first

Fromm sees the perfect individual through his personal experiences. Fromm believed that the world wars were manipulated by political leaders to rob individual of his ability to think for himself. ( Fromm, 329) The main problem with Fromm is that his emphasis to attain nature of conformity is accomplished through physical acts. For example, Fromm shows this logic in his essay “Individual in the chains of illusion.” In this