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Reclaiming the Sane Society

Author : Miri Seyed Javad
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9462096074
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Reclaiming the Sane Society written by Miri Seyed Javad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erich Fromm’s body of work, written more than 50 years ago, was prophetic of the contemporary moment: Increasingly, global society is threatened by the many-headed monster of corporate greed, neo-liberalism, nihilism, extreme fundamentalist beliefs, and their resulting effects on the natural world and the lived lives of people. Fromm clearly warned us of the peril of the misuse of technology and the destructive nature of man’s perverse desire to possess, control and/or destroy. Through his theories of having vs. being, the importance of hope as active resistance, and his notion of freedom as the capacity to love self, and others, Fromm encouraged his readers to cultivate biophilic ways of being in the world that will counter and heal the impending necrophilic plunder of man’s hubris. This multi-authored volume sheds new light on Fromm’s forgotten role in the formation of contemporary thought through an engaging variety of reflexive and historical narratives from fields of sociology, clinical psychology, political science, critical theory of religion and education. Key concepts from his body of work are interpreted and expressed in ways that offer hopeful and humane alternatives to the present global conditions of despair, greed and depersonalization.

The Sane Society

Author : Erich Fromm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136748377
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book The Sane Society written by Erich Fromm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the publication of the seminal Fear of Freedom, Erich Fromm applied his unique vision to a critique of contemporary capitalism in The Sane Society. Where the former dealt with man's historic inability to come to terms with his sense of isolation, and the dangers to which this can lead, The Sane Society took his theories one step further.

Sane Society Ils 252

Author : Erich Fromm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135034176
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Sane Society Ils 252 written by Erich Fromm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the publication of the seminal Fear of Freedom, Erich Fromm applied his unique vision to a critique of contemporary capitalism in The Sane Society. Where the former dealt with man's historic inability to come to terms with his sense of isolation, and the dangers to which this can lead, The Sane Society took his theories one step further. In doing so it established Fromm as one of the most controversial political thinkers of his generation. Anaylsing how individuals conform to contemporary capitalist and patriarchal societies, the book was published to wide acclaim and even wider disapproval. It was a scathing indictment of modern capitalism and as such proved unwelcome to many. Unwelcome because much of what Fromm had to say was true. Today, as we settle into the challenges of the 21st century, Fromm's writings are just as relevant as when they were first written. Read it and decide for yourself - are you living in a sane society?

Erich Fromm’s Revolutionary Hope

Author : Joan Braune
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9462098123
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Erich Fromm’s Revolutionary Hope written by Joan Braune and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Socialism ... is essentially prophetic Messianism ...” So Erich Fromm writes in his 1961 classic Marx’s Concept of Man. World-renowned Critical Theorist, activist, psychoanalyst, and public Marxist intellectual, Erich Fromm (1900-1980) played a pivotal role in the early Frankfurt Institute for Social Research and influenced emancipatory projects in multiple disciplines. While he remains popularly well known as author of such best-selling books as Escape from Freedom and The Art of Loving, Fromm’s contribution to Critical Theory is now being rediscovered. Fromm’s work on messianism in the 1950s-1970s responded to earlier debates among early twentieth century German Jewish thinkers and radicals, including Hermann Cohen, Rosa Luxemburg, Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem, and Georg Lukács. The return to Fromm, as well as growing interest in Jewish messianism’s influence on the Frankfurt School, makes this book timely. Fromm’s bold defense of radical hope and trenchant critique of political catastrophism are more relevant than ever. “Joan Braune’s work on Erich Fromm is indispensable for students of Frankfurt School critical theory ... Braune reveals the central role that Fromm played in the early development of Frankfurt School critical theory. She also discloses the role that Fromm played in shaping some of the most important debates in critical theory. One of the most interesting issues that informed the debates among early critical theorists was messianism and its political implications. There is no better book on this issue. Those of us who are interested in the development of Frankfurt School critical theory owe Dr. Braune a great deal of gratitude.” – Arnold L. Farr, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, President, International Herbert Marcuse Society “Joan Braune's work on Fromm brings this important figure in critical theory back into the conversation at a needed time. It also appears at a time when we must recapture prophetic messianism – the hope in humanity for a better future.” Jeffery Nicholas, Providence College, author of Reason, Tradition, and the Good: MacIntyre’s Tradition-Constituted Reason and Frankfurt School Critical Theory

Society and Social Pathology

Author : R.C. Smith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319503251
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Society and Social Pathology written by R.C. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers one of the most comprehensive studies of social pathology to date, following a cross-disciplinary and methodologically innovative approach. It is written for anyone concerned with understanding current social conditions, individual health, and how we might begin to collectively conceive of a more reconciled postcapitalist world. Drawing reference from the most up-to-date studies, Smith crosses disciplinary boundaries from cognitive science and anthropology to critical theory, systems theory and psychology. Opening with an empirical account of numerous interlinked carises from mental health to the physiological effects of environmental pollution, Smith argues that mainstream sociological theories of pathology are deeply inadequate. Smith introduces an alternative critical conception of pathology that drills to the core of how and why society is deeply ailing. The book concludes with a detailed account of why a progressive and critical vision of social change requires a “holistic view” of individual and societal transformation. Such a view is grounded in the awareness that a sustainable transition to postcapitalism is ultimately a many-sided (social, individual, and structural) healing process.

Educational Leadership and Critical Theory

Author : Charles L. Lowery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350353442
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Educational Leadership and Critical Theory written by Charles L. Lowery and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how critical theory can help school leaders and administrators to prepare students for the ever-changing political, cultural, economic, and societal conditions of the world. The contributors use ideas from critical theorists including Adorno, Fromm, Marcuse and Habermas and connect them with contemporary theories and debates in educational leadership from moral education to critical theories on race, to culturally relevant practice. Educational Leadership and Critical Theory challenges the misconceptions of many present-day educators about the analytical lens offered by the Frankfurt School theorists which is often dismissed by policymakers and practitioners. Written by leading scholars based in the UK, USA, and Canada, the contributors emphasize and explain the importance of educational aesthetics, dialectics, education and civilization, the structural transformation of education's place in the public sphere, and education as revolution and enlightenment.

Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements

Author : Joan Braune
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003831133
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements written by Joan Braune and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on the premise that understanding fascism is crucial for defeating it. Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements suggests fascism must be understood according to two “dimensions.” First, fascism is a social movement seeking power, always already connected to sources of power. Hence, fascism cannot be defeated by policing it as a crime problem, nor therapeutically treating it as a pathology of mental health. Second, fascists have cognitive and emotional needs they are seeking to fulfill through their participation in the movement, but the presence of these motivations must be held in tension with the fact that fascists are responsible for their choices and that these individual motivations also exist in a wider social context of capitalism and systems of supremacy. The book opens by examining some psychological elements of recruitment and disengagement from fascist movements, before addressing broader social narratives, concluding with the limitations of an approach that is grounded in the national security state that relies on individualized, perpetrator-centered interventions. Rejecting centrist paradigms that see fascism as “extremism” or “accelerationism,” Braune argues that fascism must be addressed in its specificity and uniqueness as an ideology and movement. Ultimately, she argues, fascism can only be defeated by countervailing social movements that not only demand radical social change but offer alternative spaces of belonging, community care, and the search for meaning. Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements is a philosophical contribution to antifascist theory and practice that will be appreciated by academics, students, and activists concerned about fascism today.

The Sane Society

Author : Erich Fromm
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415270987
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book The Sane Society written by Erich Fromm and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critique of contemporary capitalism established Fromm as one of the most controversial political thinkers of his generation, and was originally published to wide acclaim and even wider disapproval.

Islam in a Post-Secular Society

Author : Dustin Byrd
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004328556
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Islam in a Post-Secular Society written by Dustin Byrd and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam in the Post-Secular Society: Religion, Secularity and the Antagonism of Recalcitrant Faith critically examines the unique challenges facing Muslims in Europe and North America. From the philosophical perspective of the Frankfurt School’s Critical Theory, this book attempts not only to diagnose the current problems stemming from a marginalization of Islam in the secular West, but also to offer a proposal for a Habermasian discourse between the religious and the secular. By highlighting historical examples of Islamic and western rapprochement, and rejecting the ‘clash of civilization’ thesis, the author attempts to find a ‘common language’ between the religious and the secular, which can serve as a vehicle for a future reconciliation.

Erich Fromm's Critical Theory

Author : Kieran Durkin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350087009
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Erich Fromm's Critical Theory written by Kieran Durkin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in Fromm is increasing: as a prominent Marxist, sociologist, psychoanalytic theorist, and public intellectual, the unique normative-humanist thrust of his writings provides a crucial critical reference point for those seeking to understand and transcend the societal pathologies of our age. The essays in this volume retrieve, revive, and expand upon Fromm's central insights and contributions. They offer a critical theory of culture, the self, psychology and society that goes beyond what is typical of the narrower concerns of the fragmented and isolated disciplines of today, demonstrating the pan-disciplinary potential of Fromm's work. But this book does not simply reassert Fromm's ideas and rehash his theories, but rather reconstructs them to bring them into meaningful dialogue with contemporary ideas and cultural, political and economic developments. Providing new approaches to Fromm's ideas and work brings them up-to-date with contemporary problems and debates in theory and society and helps us understand the challenges of our times.

Progressive Psychoanalysis as a Social Justice Movement

Author : Scott Graybow
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443867519
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Progressive Psychoanalysis as a Social Justice Movement written by Scott Graybow and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume challenges our negative and incorrect definitions of psychoanalysis by focusing on the notion that psychoanalysis once was, and can once again be, a movement for social justice. Taking the work of Erich Fromm as a guide, the chapters in this volume highlight psychoanalysis’ social justice origins, while illustrating how psychoanalysis – in both an interpretive role and as a clinical tool – can improve our understanding of contemporary social problems and address the effects of those problems within the clinical setting.

Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology

Author : Peter Graf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119628407
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology written by Peter Graf and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-01-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the most up-to-date developments in applied psychology with one authoritative collection The Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology delivers 19 state-of-the-art addresses on a selected topic in applied psychology. Together, they constitute an up-to-date and authoritative reference that describes the most cutting-edge material in the most prominent domains of applied psychology. The accomplished academics and editors Dr. Peter Graf and Dr. David Dozois put the focus on areas where the most profound recent progress has been made. They also emphasize the link between science and practice, showcasing basic science research that has practical implications for real world problems. Readers will benefit from up-to-date research on topics as varied as occupational commitment and organizational productivity, forgiveness, shared cultural spaces, environmental decision making, and the early identification of reading problems. In addition to the papers included in the collection, the Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology features: An insightful preface focused on the theme of connecting basic research to practical solutions in the real world An overview of the chapters and their arrangement in the collection An author and subject index to assist readers in finding the information they seek A focus on the most cutting-edge advancements in the field of applied psychology, with an emphasis on the impact of technological innovation and increased recognition of cultural determinants of behavior Perfect for applied psychology researchers, workers, teachers, and students around the world, Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone looking for an efficient way to get up to speed on the latest developments on a wide variety of relevant topics in applied psychology.

Critical Theory Today

Author : Denis C. Bosseau
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031076389
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Critical Theory Today written by Denis C. Bosseau and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-16 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers whether critical theory is up to the task of addressing our contemporary crises, including the question of ‘post-truth’ discourse, psycho-social pathologies, the rise of right-wing populism, the Covid-19 pandemic, the anticolonial deficit in critical theory, and the neo-liberal management of the academy. The contributors offer a series of timely and complex reflections on the nature of critical theory, its role in contemporary society, and its various developments since the early twentieth century. In doing so, they analyse a variety of contemporary issues that, through critical reflection, can help us to navigate these problems. This volume seeks to highlight problems and possibilities within this field of thought, and endeavours to contribute towards reconsidering its capabilities and relevance.

Brains, Media and Politics

Author : Rodolfo Leyva
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429670834
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Brains, Media and Politics written by Rodolfo Leyva and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the 2007–2008 global financial crisis, a number of prominent academics, journalists, and activists were quick to pronounce the demise of neoliberal capitalism and governance. This rather optimistic prediction, however, underestimated the extent to which neoliberalism has shaped the 21st-century world order and become entrenched in our sociopolitical and cognitive fabric. Indeed, 11 years after the crisis, and in spite of the significant levels of socioeconomic inequality, psychological distress, and environmental destruction generated by neoliberal policies and corresponding business and cultural practices, the ideological hegemony of neoliberalism has not been supplanted, nor has it really faced any serious unsettling. How, then, has neoliberalism inflected and shaped our “common-sense” understandings of what is politically, economically, and culturally viable? To help answer this question, this book combines leading theories from sociology, media-communication research, developmental psychology, and cognitive science, and draws on primary evidence from a unique mix of ethnographic, survey, and experimental studies – of young people’s leisure practices and educational experiences, of young adults’ political socialisation processes in relation to exposure to social networking sites, and of the effects of commercial media viewing on material values and support for social welfare. In doing so, it provides a nuanced and robustly empirically tested account of how the conscious and non-conscious cognitive dimensions of people’s subjectivities and everyday social practices become interpellated through and reproductive of neoliberal ideology. As such, this book will appeal to scholars across the social and behavioural sciences with interests in neoliberalism, political engagement, enculturation, social reproduction, and media effects.

Critical theory and social pathology

Author : Neal Harris
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526154722
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Critical theory and social pathology written by Neal Harris and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the neoliberal world of the twenty-first century, the progressive academy urgently needs a vehicle for normative social research. Critical theory once answered this call, but today its programme is in crisis. The ‘pathologies of recognition’ approach, popular among contemporary critical theorists, aids neoliberalism rather than challenging it, in part because it is unable to grasp the structural nature of power. To offer an alternative, this book returns to the work of Erich Fromm and Herbert Marcuse, using it as the basis for a revivified social theoretical foundation. As the first generation of critical theorists knew, thought itself can be reified, our imaginations debased, and our desires artificially induced. We need to think beyond recognition and embrace a more potent and aggressive form of social critique, true to the founding spirit of the Frankfurt School.

Erich Fromm and the Quest for Solidarity

Author : Lawrence Wilde
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137075112
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Erich Fromm and the Quest for Solidarity written by Lawrence Wilde and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erich Fromm and the Quest for Solidarity argues that Fromm's humanistic ethics provides a framework for the analysis of alienation in affluent societies and his exploration of the social forces capable of challenging that alienation. It examines his work on authoritarianism, the experience of work, the struggle against patriarchy, the dangers of consumerism and the manipulation of needs, the urgent need to revive democracy, and the challenge of the emerging 'one world'. Never losing sight of the ancient dream of human solidarity, Fromm's explicitly ethical approach exerts a compelling relevance to a range of issues in contemporary social and political theory.

Practicing Critical Pedagogy

Author : Mary Frances Agnello
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319258478
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Practicing Critical Pedagogy written by Mary Frances Agnello and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited text recaptures many of Joe L. Kincheloe’s national and international influences. An advocate and a scholar in the social, historical, and philosophical foundations of education, he dedicated his professional life to his vision of critical pedagogy. The authors in this volume found mentorship, as well as kinship, in Joe and express the many ways in which he and his work made profound differences in their work and lives. Joe’s research always pushed the limits of what critically reflective and informed teaching entailed, never diluting the import of comprehending the complexity of sociopolitical, cultural, economic, and educational discourses and practices. Dedicated to a praxis of social and political activism rooted in students’ development as citizens and workers, the labor of teachers as action researchers, cultural workers, and social mediators is always at the heart of all he achieved. We who were so influenced directly and indirectly by him knew his genius and relished the generosity with which he shared his ideas, advice, encouragement, and art. The world is better because of Joe L. Kincheloe scholarship—inextricably related to “critical” critical thinking and enactment of education that tenaciously interrupts complacency, mediocrity, always responding thoughtfully to particular educational contexts.