Erich Fromm (1900-80) Conscience

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  • Created on: 14-11-16 12:21
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  • Erich Fromm (1900-80)
    • 1. Principle disciples of Freud & marxist
      • Influenced fused together his work on morality
    • 2. Centre view of humanity
      • This free will is an illusion. From birth humans are reduced into a state of obedience to forces that individuals cannot see
      • Humans  imagine that they are free
        • They imagine they have a choice
        • Imagine their moral values are personal
    • 3. The importance of Freud and Marx
      • Both show that humans cannot control their own lives,
      • Different but complementary ways
    • 7. TINA Principle 'There Is No Alternative'
      • Modern liberal states are less candid
        • Adverts, politician and scientists convince people there is no alternative
      • The Medieval Church & modern Nazi ideology told people what to believe
      • Public opinion creates a liberal society's moral conscience
      • People are induced into believing that they control their lives but they cannot
    • 5. Two processes work in tandem
      • 2. This removal of individuality creates a social consciousness that makes people aware of who they are & to which group the belong
      • 1. The individual is is given a social character which is made to fit into the need s of society
    • 6. Authoritarian conscience
      • F. believed in the Middle Ages the Church created this social character
        • The state become the means which people identified themselves
      • In Nazi Germany the Jews were considered & treated less than human - they weren't part of the social consciousness of the German people
    • 4. Fromm believed
      • The child is moulded by the needs of the society through the family
      • The process of controlling begins at birth
      • Parents control their children
  • 4. Fromm believed
    • The child is moulded by the needs of the society through the family
    • The process of controlling begins at birth
    • Parents control their children

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