Erich Fromm and Global Public Sociology

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1459-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: Public Sociology

Erich Fromm was one of the most influential and creative public intellectuals of the twentieth century. He was a mentor to David Riesman and an inspiration for the New Left.

As the rise of global right-wing populism and Trumpism creates new interest in the kind of psycho-social writing and popular sociology that Fromm pioneered in the 1930s, this timely book tells the story of the rise, fall and contemporary revival of Fromm’s theories.

Drawing from empirical work, this is an invaluable contribution to popular debates about current politics, the sociology of ideas and the prospect of a truly global public sociology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McLaughlin, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Erich Fromm’s Global Public Sociology

1 Sociology in a World at War: Escape from Freedom

2 How Optimal Marginality Created a Public Sociologist

3 The Cold War, Conformity, and the 1960s

4 How Fromm Became a Forgotten Public Sociologist

5 Fromm’s Political Activism in the 1960s

6 Studying Social Character and Theorizing Violence

Conclusion: The Revival of a Global Public Sociologist

Über Autor(innen)

Neil McLaughlin is Professor in the Department of Sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario, Canada.

In addition to have written extensively on Fromm’s critical theory, he has published widely in the sociology of ideas with case studies on Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, public sociology and public intellectuals in Canada and the United States, and on the sociology of creativity. He is currently researching the spread of Soros conspiracy theories in Hungary, Poland, the United States and Canada, the popularity of Jordan Peterson’s psychological writings and social media lectures and the politics of university funding in North America.