Third International Erich Fromm Research Conference 2023 – Dr. Rainer Funk

Humanistic Transformation and the Ego-Oriented Social Character

The most important source for Erich Fromm's theory of a humanistic transformation is undoubtedly his 1955 book The Sane Society, in which Fromm puts a whole series of theories and strategies of transformation to the test (see Fromm 1955a, pp. 270 ff.). Fromm sees their failure primarily in the fact that how the different “socio-economic, spiritual, and psychological explanations are interrelated, and how they in-teract” (Ibid., p. 271) is not recognized.

HUMANISTIC TRANSFORMATION - Third International Erich Fromm Research Conference 2023 from June 8th - June 11th 2023 at the IPU. The Erich Fromm Research Conference aims at bringing together international researchers engaged with the work of Erich Fromm, examining the actuality of Fromm’s social-analytical approach, as well as exploring the potential for further development of this approach with regard to contemporary social developments. In this year, the contributions of about 45 speakers will focus on different aspects of a “Humanistic Transformation”.

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