” ‚” is written by Erich Fromm and in his 1963 essay Fromm argues that obedience is the virtue and disobedience the vice. (Fromm 403). Fromm sees disobedience as a vital to our society and that blind obedience is bad‚ and he uses many examples to try to convince us of this belief. I believe that Fromm has some very good points and makes a strong argument. I agree with many of the main points he makes and his appeal to those are used great in his passage. Although Fromm wrote this essay just after
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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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Erich Fromm writes To Have or To Be around this question but in more of a spiritual way. Fromm claims that there are two ways that people can choose to live‚ Being and Having. Fromm’s philosophy is that Having is not truly living‚ which is where “the question” is brought upon the readers. Throughout To Have or to Be‚ Fromm explains the distinctions between Being and Having‚ showing that they are clearly two different lifestyles in order to explain his idea of a new society. Fromm explains
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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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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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a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm states that human history can change forever by just an act of disobedience. Fromm starts off by stating how people in power have always professed that those below them should obey rather than disobey. Fromm writes about how key ancient figures like Prometheus and Adam and Eve acted out in disobedience. Fromm also states that these figures didn’t regret their decisions nor did they ask for forgiveness. Fromm further claims that man has continuously
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crime control. Corrections have changed over the years‚ and hopefully for the better. Corrections in America can be researched back upon to the roots of the Europeans. Corrections today have been transformed into a tool to punish people who cannot abide by the law and it is also a commercial business as well. The United States federal law mandates that each of the fifty United States has to create and manage criminal justice systems. However‚ there are some states that have limited resources and also
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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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was right and what was wrong. Which there is not a problem with this but‚ how are we supposed to learn without exploring things for ourselves as individuals? Lessing states “When we are in a group‚ we tend to think as that group does: we may even have joined the group to find “like minded” people.” (Lessing 592) This is true; some people do not like to express their own thoughts or opinions. There usually is a leader and then many followers. Everyone has experienced this and knows how it goes.
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