Erich Fromm’s Revolutionary Hope : Prophetic Messianism as a Critical Theory of the Future / by Joan Braune.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braune, Joan, Author.

Series:

Imagination and Praxis: Criticality and Creativity in Education and Educational Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy.

Electric power production.

Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Electrical Power Engineering.

Mechanical Power Engineering.

Local Subjects:

Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Electrical Power Engineering.

Mechanical Power Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

“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 mustrecapture 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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Erich Fromm’s Legacy and Contribution to the Early Frankfurt School

Weimar Germany, Prophetic to Apocalyptic

What Hope Isn’t and Is

Fromm’s Concepts of Prophetic and Catastrophic Messianism

Conclusion

References

Abbreviations

Name Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

94-6209-812-3

OCLC:

897449971