Joan Braune

Kevin Anderson

Burkhard Bierhoff

Erich Fromms Sozialpsychologie und sein Konzept des Sozialcharakters stehen im Zentrum seines wissenschaftlichen Erbes. Sein Ansatz zeigt, wie sich wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Erfordernisse in psychischen Strebungen manifestieren, die ihrerseits dem Denken, Fuhlen und Handeln der Menschen eine bestimmte Ausrichtung geben. Die Beitragerinnen und Beitrager des Buches machen mit dem aktuellen Stand der Forschungen zum Sozialpsychologen und Humanisten Fromm bekannt und geben einen Uberblick uber die weltweite Weiterentwicklung seines Denkens in den Human- und Sozialwissenschaften. Sie werden durch einen programmatischen Beitrag Fromms zu einer Humanistischen Wissenschaft vom Menschen eingeleitet. Mit Beitragen von Kevin Anderson, Burkhard Bierhoff, Joan Braune, Sandra Buechler, Mauricio Cortina, Takeshi Deguchi, Jan Dietrich, Rainer Funk, Sonia Gojman de Millan, Jurgen Hardeck, Luis Jimenez, Helmut Johach, Adrian Kind, Michael Maccoby, Neil McLaughlin, Dietmar Mieth, Salvador Millan, Anna Muller-Hermann, Nikolai Omelchenko, Rainer Otte, Tatiana Panfilova und Manfred Zimmer There is a global rediscovery of the ideas and theories of Erich Fromm underway, leading to this book that reviews Fromm's international reception and provides a critical reappraisal of his work rooted in his own philosophy of science that insists on the time-limited nature of all theoretical systems. Because of Fromm's provocative philosophy of science, this volume is entitled Towards a Human Science and begins with the republication of a 1957 essay called The Humanistic Science of Man. Most of the papers in the book have their origins in presentations given at the first International Erich Fromm Research Conference at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin (June 2014). In addition to documenting Fromm's continuing relevance, Towards a Human Science centrally engages with his theoretical system directly and critically, particularly his theory of social character. The b"

The Relevance of Erich Fromm for Today

Towards a Human Science

Kieran Durkin

Interest in Fromm is increasing: as a prominent Marxist, sociologist, psychoanalytic theorist, and public intellectual, the unique normative-humanist thrust of his writings provides a crucial critical reference point for those seeking to understand and transcend the societal pathologies of our age. The essays in this volume retrieve, revive, and expand upon Fromm's central insights and contributions. They offer a critical theory of culture, the self, psychology and society that goes beyond what is typical of the narrower concerns of the fragmented and isolated disciplines of today, demonstrating the pan-disciplinary potential of Fromm's work. But this book does not simply reassert Fromm's ideas and rehash his theories, but rather reconstructs them to bring them into meaningful dialogue with contemporary ideas and cultural, political and economic developments. Providing new approaches to Fromm's ideas and work brings them up-to-date with contemporary problems and debates in theory and society and helps us understand the challenges of our times.

Hope, Humanism, and the Future

Erich Fromm's Critical Theory

"Interest in Fromm is increasing: as a prominent Marxist, sociologist, psychoanalytic theorist, and public intellectual, the unique normative-humanist thrust of his writings provides a crucial critical reference point for those seeking to understand and transcend the societal pathologies of our age. The essays in this volume retrieve, revive, and expand upon Fromm's central insights and contributions. They offer a critical theory of culture, the self, psychology and society that goes beyond what is typical of the narrower concerns of the fragmented and isolated disciplines of today, demonstrating the pan-disciplinary potential of Fromm's work. But this book does not simply reassert Fromm's ideas and rehash his theories, but rather reconstructs them to bring them into meaningful dialogue with contemporary ideas and cultural, political and economic developments. Providing new approaches to Fromm's ideas and work brings them up-to-date with contemporary problems and debates in theory and society and helps us understand the challenges of our times."--

“Socialism ... is essentially prophetic Messianism ...” So Erich Fromm writes in his 1961 classic Marx’s Concept of Man. World-renowned Critical Theorist, activist, psychoanalyst, and public Marxist intellectual, Erich Fromm (1900-1980) played a pivotal role in the early Frankfurt Institute for Social Research and influenced emancipatory projects in multiple disciplines. While he remains popularly well known as author of such best-selling books as Escape from Freedom and The Art of Loving, Fromm’s contribution to Critical Theory is now being rediscovered. Fromm’s work on messianism in the 1950s-1970s responded to earlier debates among early twentieth century German Jewish thinkers and radicals, including Hermann Cohen, Rosa Luxemburg, Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem, and Georg Lukács. The return to Fromm, as well as growing interest in Jewish messianism’s influence on the Frankfurt School, makes this book timely. Fromm’s bold defense of radical hope and trenchant critique of political catastrophism are more relevant than ever. “Joan Braune’s work on Erich Fromm is indispensable for students of Frankfurt School critical theory ... Braune reveals the central role that Fromm played in the early development of Frankfurt School critical theory. She also discloses the role that Fromm played in shaping some of the most important debates in critical theory. One of the most interesting issues that informed the debates among early critical theorists was messianism and its political implications. There is no better book on this issue. Those of us who are interested in the development of Frankfurt School critical theory owe Dr. Braune a great deal of gratitude.” – Arnold L. Farr, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, President, International Herbert Marcuse Society “Joan Braune's work on Fromm brings this important figure in critical theory back into the conversation at a needed time. It also appears at a time when we must recapture prophetic messianism – the hope in humanity for a better future.” Jeffery Nicholas, Providence College, author of Reason, Tradition, and the Good: MacIntyre’s Tradition-Constituted Reason and Frankfurt School Critical Theory

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