To be human is to be disobedient. For good or evil. disobedience has been the one constant‚ universal trait that characterized human beings since the beginning of time. Behind every great human achievement is an act of disobedience‚ a rejection of the conventional wisdom‚ a defiance of authority‚ or a decision‚ a choice made to take the path less travelled. History is replete with men and women who by their disobedience changed history‚ often for the better‚ though sometimes for the worse. Galileo
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According Fromm‚ there is a connection between social character and the economic basis of that society. To explain this connection‚ Fromm uses psychoanalysis techniques to bridge the gap. Using Freud’s dynamic concept of character‚ Fromm identifies that society acts in a majority type way‚ meaning that a society usually acts in one type of character type way that drives their motivations. Fromm identifies that social character is that which is shared by most members in a society. In reflecting
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Summary on Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem People have said that “obedience is a virtue and that disobedience is a vice‚” for centuries. History of the humankind was started by an act of disobedience and it is not very unlikely that it will end by an act of obedience. Adam and Eve‚ being part of nature in the Garden Of Eden‚ had disobeyed an order. By disobeying the order they made man emerge “from a pre-human harmony and was able to take the first step into independence
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Enrich Fromm’s article “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” talks about how and why people do not like to disobey and what goes on in their mind when thinking about an action. Fromm explains that disobeying can change the morality of a person. In Enrich Fromm’s article he further explains‚ “Their act of disobedience broke the primary bond with nature and made them individuals.” Solomon E. Asch’s article “Opinions
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History of Corrections Michael Perdun Professor Mendez CJ232 July 24‚ 2010 The historical development of corrections since the colonial period is very interesting to look into. After the colonial period there were other significant events that led up to how the history of corrections is so important such as the arrival of the penitentiary‚ the reformatory movement‚ the rise of the progressives‚ the rise of the medical model‚ community
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In Fromm essay” Disobedience as a psychological and moral problem”‚ he had explained about the difference between the obedience and disobedience‚ and what impact of a positive or negative on the human society. According to Fromm human life to live as human beings‚ must disobey want to develop it. "If you do not know single line human disobedience to obedience‚ he is a slave‚" saying that the prompt can be understood as such intention. At the same time‚ however‚ prompting the line only to be aware
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Comprehensive Paper in Theories of Personality about “Humanistic Psychoanalysis” By: Erich Fromm Submitted to: (Professor) In Partial fulfillment for the requirements in Psych 105 (Theories of Personality) Submitted by: (NAME) BS Psychology 2 July 18‚ 2013 BIOGRAPHY Erich Fromm was born on March 23‚ 1900‚ at Frankfurt Germany‚ the only child of Orthodox Jewish parents. He referred himself as an “atheistic mystic” although he did not formally practice religion. He acknowledged
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JOHN THORPE ENG 101: QUESTION # 2 DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM Clean your rooms‚ do your home work‚ go to school and get a good education. These are rules rather than orders that most people are given choice whether it is to obey or suffer some sort of consequence‚ despite not knowing what the consequence are many may choose
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ERICH FROMM 1900 - 1980 Biography Erich Fromm was born in 1900 in Frankfurt‚ Germany. His father was a business man and‚ according to Erich‚ rather moody. His mother was frequently depressed. In other words‚ like quite a few of the people we’ve looked at‚ his childhood wasn’t very happy. Like Jung‚ Erich came from a very religious family‚ in his case orthodox Jews. Fromm himself later became what he called an atheistic mystic. In his autobiography‚ Beyond the Chains of Illusion‚ Fromm talks
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca and Erich Fromm‚ these two men were born almost two millennia apart and yet both wrote on a subject which is incredible relevant to our society today. This subject is the need for refocus and change from unhealthy outward attention to healthy inward attention. While they both focused on healthy inward living‚ they accomplish this task from different directions. Seneca focused on the healthy inward person working out while Fromm challenged an unhealthy outward focus tracing
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