Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of EthicsIn Man for Himself, Erich Fromm examines the confusion of modern women and men who, because they lack faith in any principle by which life ought to be guided, become the helpless prey forces both within and without. From the broad, interdisciplinary perspective that marks Fromm's distinguished oeuvre, he shows that psychology cannot divorce itself from the problems of philosophy and ethics, and that human nature cannot be understood without understanding the values and moral conflicts that confront us all. He shows that an ethical system can be based on human nature rather than on revelations or traditions. As Fromm asserts, "If man is to have confidence in values, he must know himself and the capacity of his nature for goodness and productiveness." |
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User Review - TheAmpersand - www.librarything.com"Man for Himself" might be a good book, but it is also, in some ways, a limited and dated one. It seems written in the shadow of twentieth-century totalitarianisms, and Fromm's confidence in Freudian ... Read full review
Dette er en hippie-bok. Hvis du føler deg ganske hippie, du er for free love og alt det der, les denne boka og bli frelst. Hvis du er ei new age-kjerring, les denne boka. Om du liker Freud, les denne boka. Bare husk at det ikke er vitenskap. Fromm har nok noen poenger, men hele hans intellektuelle rammeverk er ganske risikabelt å ta som god fisk. Ikke ta dette som psykologi.
Contents
THE PROBLEM | 3 |
HUMANISTIC ETHICS THE APPLIED SCIENCE OF THE ART OF LIVING | 8 |
2 Subjectivistic vs Objectivisric Ethics | 14 |
3 The Science of Man | 20 |
4 The Tradition of Humanistic Ethics | 25 |
5 Ethics and Psychoanalysis | 30 |
HUMAN NATURE AND CHARACTER | 38 |
a Mans Biological Weakness | 39 |
4 Orientations in the Process of Socialization | 107 |
5 Blends of Various Orientations | 112 |
PROBLEMS OF HUMANISTIC ETHICS | 118 |
1 Selfishness SelfLove and SelfInterest | 119 |
2 Conscience Mans Recall to Himself | 141 |
a Authoritarian Conscience | 143 |
b Humanistic Conscience | 158 |
3 Pleasure and Happiness | 172 |
b The Existential and the Historical Dichotomies in Man | 40 |
2 Personality | 50 |
a Temperament | 51 |
b Character | 54 |
The Nonproductive Orientations | 62 |
b The Exploitative Orientation | 64 |
c The Hoarding Orientation | 65 |
d The Marketing Orientation | 67 |
3 The Productive Orientation | 82 |
b Productive Love and Thinking | 96 |
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| Title | Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics A Holt paperback |
| Author | Erich Fromm |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0805014039, 9780805014037 |
| Length | 272 pages |
| Subjects | › › Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy Psychology / Movements / Behaviorism Psychology / Movements / Psychoanalysis |
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