When he was 26, the great psychoanalyst and philosopher Erich Fromm abandoned Judaism, though he himself was descended from a long line of rabbis and the product of a devout Jewish upbringing. The title essay of this collection was first published in 1930, just four years after he made that first, decisive split. It was to point towards the future Fromm`s work, presenting the view that an understanding of basic human needs is essential to the understanding of society and mankind itself. The following essays too, show a man who would eventually establish himself as a major thinker, producing some of that era`s most influential and astute political works.
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'The problems - individual, social, and methodological - that Fromm addresses in his various writings are, if anything, more serious and urgent today, hence the timeliness of this welcome Routledge Classics edition.' - David M. Wulff, Wheaton College, Massachusetts
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Erich Fromm (1900-1980) Psychoanalyst and author, Fromm is arguably one of the most outstanding figures of 20th Century humanism
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an Marxian / Freudian interpretation of Christianity,
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Fromm writes very clearly. He develops an argument that early Christian interpretations of Christ rested on seeing Jesus as a man who through his suffering became equal to God. This hopeful view allowed the exploited peasant classes who were dominated by the Pharisees, the Roman occupation and the Herodians to have some hope for the future given the projected immanent triumphant return promised in the gospels and in the teaching of Paul. As time passed and persons outside of the Jews homeland became adherents, the views of Christ changed and Christ was seen as created at the same time as God and equal to God. Fromm interprets this change as a way of substituting for the emperor worship common at the time and yet supporting the state. Religion becomes more spiritual with emphasis on the guilt of the individual that can only be alleviated by the agents of the church. Christianity changes from a revolutionary movement to a movement supporting the political system by the time of Constantine. This view of Christianity should be compared to Rodney Stark's, THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY which offers a dramatically different interpretation of the same historical period.
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Erich Fromm has written another chef-d'oeuvre !
He has demonstrated in his book "The Dogma Of Christ" his mastery in analyzing religion as it pertains to the human condition. Mr. Fromm's essays in "The Dogma of Christ" are thought provoking, spiritually transcending, and emotionally rejuvenating.....
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It is one of the essential accomplishments of psychoanalysis that it has done away with the false distinction between social psychology and individual psychology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
characterological differences, craving for prestige, prophetic concept, dogmatic development, psychic situation, critical mood, compulsive thinking, revolutionary character, messianic time Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Empire, New York, Middle Ages, United States, World War, Adolph Harnack, Meister Eckhart, Nicene Council, Sigmund Freud, The Wars of the Jews, Catholic Christianity, Foundations of Christianity, Great Mother, Near Eastern New!
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It is one of the essential accomplishments of psychoanalysis that it has done away with the false distinction between social psychology and individual psychology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
characterological differences, craving for prestige, prophetic concept, dogmatic development, psychic situation, critical mood, compulsive thinking, revolutionary character, messianic time Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Empire, New York, Middle Ages, United States, World War, Adolph Harnack, Meister Eckhart, Nicene Council, Sigmund Freud, The Wars of the Jews, Catholic Christianity, Foundations of Christianity, Great Mother, Near Eastern New!
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- Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud in Front Matter, page 13, and page 66
- The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel by Isaac Babel in Front Matter, and page 196
- Beyond the Chains of Illusion in Front Matter, and page 159
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- Deity and Domination: Images of God and the State in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Hulsean Lectures) by David Nicholls on page 14, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-1950 (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism) by Martin Jay on page 91, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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