Erich Fromm's Concept of Love
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter focused on introducing the research topic, providing a short review of literature and stating the significance of the study. Moreover, it presented the theoretical framework the author used for the benefit of immediately knowing how to approach this study. The researcher also stated the problems that are tackled in this research. Lastly, the thesis statements or the researcher’s tentative answer to the problem statements were also presented in this chapter.
Background of the Study
This pure philosophical study is an exposition of Erich Fromm’s concept of love. The researcher analyzed the text The Art of Loving which explains the philosopher’s conception of love. He cited five various objects of love in his work namely, brotherly love, motherly love, erotic love, self-love and love of God. Given these objects of love, the researcher analyzed the author’s key concept. Furthermore, the researcher drew similarities as well as differences from these various objects of love with the intent of coming up with more objective idea about the said concept. The researcher chose this research topic to manifest her interest on the philosophical study of love, which spurred from the realization that love has been an ever-present manifestation in humanity. Furthermore, the researcher is interested to Fromm as a renowned psychoanalyst and a humanist philosopher. Of all known psychoanalyst of the contemporary period, he came closest in challenging the basic notion of love based on the Ancient Greeks. Lastly, the researcher provided arguments on whether there are distinctions between the given concepts of love. The researcher chose this topic to explain further this concept of love, its philosophical implications, and how it affects our everyday existence. In addition to this, the researcher’s goal is to explain and make the readers understand the real notion of this concept and to provide broader perspectives and
INTRODUCTION
This chapter focused on introducing the research topic, providing a short review of literature and stating the significance of the study. Moreover, it presented the theoretical framework the author used for the benefit of immediately knowing how to approach this study. The researcher also stated the problems that are tackled in this research. Lastly, the thesis statements or the researcher’s tentative answer to the problem statements were also presented in this chapter.
Background of the Study
This pure philosophical study is an exposition of Erich Fromm’s concept of love. The researcher analyzed the text The Art of Loving which explains the philosopher’s conception of love. He cited five various objects of love in his work namely, brotherly love, motherly love, erotic love, self-love and love of God. Given these objects of love, the researcher analyzed the author’s key concept. Furthermore, the researcher drew similarities as well as differences from these various objects of love with the intent of coming up with more objective idea about the said concept. The researcher chose this research topic to manifest her interest on the philosophical study of love, which spurred from the realization that love has been an ever-present manifestation in humanity. Furthermore, the researcher is interested to Fromm as a renowned psychoanalyst and a humanist philosopher. Of all known psychoanalyst of the contemporary period, he came closest in challenging the basic notion of love based on the Ancient Greeks. Lastly, the researcher provided arguments on whether there are distinctions between the given concepts of love. The researcher chose this topic to explain further this concept of love, its philosophical implications, and how it affects our everyday existence. In addition to this, the researcher’s goal is to explain and make the readers understand the real notion of this concept and to provide broader perspectives and
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