Erich Fromm: a psychoanalyst for all seasons
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Among Erich Fromm’s many contributions to psychoanalysis was his emphasis on the impact of culture and socioeconomic systems on the mind of the individual. The author expands on the religious, cultural, social, and political influences in Fromm’s life and his passion about humankind creating a peaceful and just world. Fromm’s ideas of malignant narcissism and the biophilic and necrophilic orientations to living are also presented. Others have described Fromm’s approach to treatment as both passionate and bordering on the confrontational. The author discusses how this approach is antithetical to working with traumatized individuals suffering with multiple dissociated self-states.
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People with necrophilic tendencies are obsessed with violence, blood, and destruction, harboring a pathological fascination with death, desiring the "pleasure of killing," and even being interested in corpses and torture.
“People with necrophilic tendencies are obsessed with violence, blood, and destruction, harboring a pathological fascination with death, desiring the “pleasure of killing,” and even being interested in corpses and torture (Itzkowitz, 2017).”
From Toward a humanized technology: a reinterpretation of Erich Fromm’ s humanistic peace psychology (2026) · cites this paper as Itzkowitz, 2017
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Toward a humanized technology: a reinterpretation of Erich Fromm’ s humanistic peace psychology
Wang, Y., Li, P., & Liu, W. (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1646601 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
- Authors
- Itzkowitz, S.
- Affiliations
- William Alanson White Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Itzkowitz, Sheldon
- Venue
- Psychoanalytic Perspectives
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-01-02
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 81-92
- ISSN
- 1551-806X (ISSN-L)
- 2163-6958
- OpenAlex
- W2573493377
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 2.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychoanalytic Perspectives (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections
- Keywords
- Erich Fromm, malignant narcissism, socio-economic systems, psychoanalysis and religion, peace and justice, psychoanalytic treatment
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