Erich Fromms Sozialpsychologie und sein Konzept des Sozialcharakters stehen im Zentrum seines wissenschaftlichen Erbes. Sein Ansatz zeigt, wie sich wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Erfordernisse in psychischen Strebungen manifestieren, die ihrerseits dem Denken, Fühlen und Handeln der Menschen eine bestimmte Ausrichtung geben. Die Beiträgerinnen und Beiträger des Buches machen mit dem aktuellen Stand der Forschungen zum Sozialpsychologen und Humanisten Fromm bekannt und geben einen Überblick über die weltweite Weiterentwicklung seines Denkens in den Human- und Sozialwissenschaften. Sie werden durch einen programmatischen Beitrag Fromms zu einer »Humanistischen Wissenschaft vom Menschen« eingeleitet. Mit Beiträgen von Kevin Anderson, Burkhard Bierhoff, Joan Braune, Sandra Buechler, Mauricio Cortina, Takeshi Deguchi, Jan Dietrich, Rainer Funk, Sonia Gojman de Millán, Jürgen Hardeck, Luis Jimenez, Helmut Johach, Adrian Kind, Michael Maccoby, Neil McLaughlin, Dietmar Mieth, Salvador Millán, Anna Müller-Hermann, Nikolai Omelchenko, Rainer Otte, Tatiana Panfilova und Manfred Zimmer There is a global rediscovery of the ideas and theories of Erich Fromm underway, leading to this book that reviews Fromms international reception and provides a critical reappraisal of his work rooted in his own philosophy of science that insists on the time-limited nature of all theoretical systems. Because of Fromms provocative philosophy of science, this volume is entitled Towards a Human Science and begins with the republication of a 1957 essay called The Humanistic Science of Man. Most of the papers in the book have their origins in presentations given at the first International Erich Fromm Research Conference at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin (June 2014). In addition to documenting Fromms continuing relevance, Towards a Human Science centrally engages with his theoretical system directly and critically, particularly his theory of social character. The book opens paths for research, theories and insights in neurosciences, evolutionary psychology, sociology, philosophy, religious studies and radical humanist public intellectual work. In doing so, this revisit and reappraisal can help us move beyond some of the limitations of his work and reformulate and build on his insights for the 21st century. With contributions by Kevin Anderson, Burkhard Bierhoff, Joan Braune, Sandra Buechler, Mauricio Cortina, Takeshi Deguchi, Jan Dietrich, Rainer Funk, Sonia Gojman de Millán, Jürgen Hardeck, Luis Jimenez, Helmut Johach, Adrian Kind, Michael Maccoby, Neil McLaughlin, Dietmar Mieth, Salvador Millán, Anna Müller-Hermann, Nikolai Omelchenko, Rainer Otte, Tatiana Panfilova and Manfred Zimmer

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Content Introduction Rainer Funk and Neil McLaughlin The Humanistic Science of Man Erich Fromm Building on Erich Fromm’s Scientific Contributions Michael Maccoby The Reception of Erich Fromm’s Writings and Ideas Rainer Funk Fact and Fiction about Erich Fromm’s Life and Work Jürgen Hardeck Erich Fromm: Lives and Voices, or Life and Voice? Joan Braune Erich Fromm’s Legacy Rainer Funk Erich Fromm’s Impact on Humanistic Psychology Helmut Johach Male to Gay Male Emotional Communication and Erich Fromm’s Notions of Being “Centrally Related” to the Patient and “Mature Love” Luis Jimenez Inspired by Erich Fromm Sandra Buechler Understanding Social Motivation for Encouraging Children’s Development Social Character Studies in Mexico Sonia Gojman de Millán and Salvador Millán Fromm’s View of the Human Condition in Light of Contemporary Evolutionary and Developmental Knowledge Mauricio Cortina Man as a Contradiction Philosophical Ideas of Erich Fromm Nikolai Omelchenko Social Character and Social Unconscious Erich Fromm’s Discovery and the Problems of Today Tatiana Panfilova Fromm, Marx, and Humanism Kevin B. Anderson Erich Fromm and Critical Theory in Post-War Japanese Social Theory Its Past, Present, and Future Takeshi Deguchi Fromm’s Critique of Consumerism and Its Impact on Education Burkhard Bierhoff Social Character and its Significance for the Art of Living Rainer Otte Erich Fromm in Hebrew Bible Research With a Side Glance at Religious Studies Jan Dietrich Erich Fromm: “To Be” instead of “To Have” as a Model for the Justice of Distribution An Inquiry on Fromm’s Reference to Meister Eckhart Dietmar Mieth Erich Fromm in China – Overview of the Reception of his Thinking (1961–2014) A Preliminary Study. Poster Presentation Manfred Zimmer Reflections on the Conference Anna Müller-Hermann and Adrian Kind About the Authors