The Radical Humanism of Erich Fromm

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-15

3. The Life and Writings of a Radical Humanist

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   Pages 17-40

4. The Roots of Radical Humanism

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   Pages 41-69

5. Radical Humanist Psychoanalysis

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   Pages 71-102

6. Psychoanalytic Social Psychology

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   Pages 103-128

7. Anti-Humanism: A Radical Humanist Defense

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   Pages 129-164

8. The Renaissance of Humanism

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   Pages 165-206

9. Conclusion

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   Pages 207-214

10. Back Matter

    Pages 215-250

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This book, shortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Philip Abrams Memorial Prize (2015), argues that Fromm is a vital and largely overlooked contribution to twentieth-century intellectual history, and one who offers a refreshingly reconfigured form of humanism that is capable of reintegrating explicitly humanist analytical categories and schemas back into social theoretical (and scientific) considerations.

• Erich Fromm
• Radical Humanism
• social theory
• Judaism
• Marx
• socialism
• Freud
• psychoanalysis
• Frankfurt School
• Adorno
• Marcuse
• existential anthropology
• existential needs
• character
• marketing character
• productiveness
• biophilia
• necrophilia
• being
• having
• psychology
• social psychology

“a breath of fresh air…the most vigorous, rigorous, lively, insightful analysis of Fromm’s work I’ve encountered in many, many years” (Daniel Burston, Associate Professor, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh)

“a remarkable theoretical exploration…[t]he research here is meticulous” (Lawrence J. Friedman, Professor Emeritus of History, Harvard University)

“an outstanding interpretation of Fromm’s social theory” (Lawrence Wilde, Professor Emeritus of Political Theory, Nottingham Trent University)

“wide-ranging and highly compelling and will likely reinvigorate interest in what Fromm has to say as a social theorist.” (Roger Frie, Professor of Educational Psychology and Human Development, Simon Fraser University)

“[taking] the debate about Fromm to a new level” (Neil McLaughlin, Professor of Sociology, McMaster University)

Kieran Durkin is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the University of York and Visting Fellow at UC-Santa Barbara.

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