Erich Fromm - A twentieth century prophet

Philosophy, German literature

Rattray, Mary

University:University of Glasgow

关键词: Philosophy, German literature;   

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来源: University of Glasgow

【 摘 要 】

There is some evidence to show that Erich Fromm saw himself as a prophet, and it is argued that his discovery of the part played by authoritarian attitudes in predisposing the German workers to accept Fascism, was, for him, a revelation. However, after a careful survey of Fromm's work, following his study of The Working Class in Weimar Germany- it would appear that Fromm fits more readily into the role of 'prophet as social critic'. This point is made, firstly, by establishing that Fromm is an 'intellectual' in Edward Said's (1993) terms, and that, moreover, he fits neatly into the category of 'intellectual as social critic' as defined by Michael Walzer (1987), The final step is to establish him in Walzer's category of 'social critic as prophet', and to consider the question, 'Whose prophet?'