The Research On Anthropology Ideology Of Fromm

Anthropology is an old as well as popular research subject. In the research of the problem about human in modern western society, the Frankfurt School holds an important position. Fromm is one of the main representatives of the Frankfurt School. He is a scholar well-known in the west and with profound anthropology ideology. However, there is rare systematic research on the ideology of Tromm from the perspective of anthropology ideology at home and abroad. Then, this thesis studies Fromm's anthropology ideology systematically. It consists of five parts.Part One: the introduction to Fromm. Fromm's life and major works are firstly introduced. Then come the theoretical sources of Fromm's ideology. Absorbing the ideologies of Marx and Freud, Fromm develops them.Part Two: human nature. Fromm's research on human includes two levels. The first one is the birth of human. Fromm holds that the birth of human is composed of three separation processes, that is the separation of human from animals, the separation of human from nature, the separation of self from others. The second one is the human nature. Fromm proposes that human nature consists in the dichotomy of human, and human need is decided by and derived from human nature.Part Three: human alienation. This part studies the view of Fromm's alienation ideology, compares it with that of Marx, and describes people's abnormal characters produced in the alienation state, as well as the manifestations of alienation with regard to people's life, consumption, politics and social relations produced in capitalism.Part Four: human salvation. Fromm suggests that we must develop humans with healthy characters and correct life styles by means of psychology revolution, and carry out economic, political and cultural revolutions. There are healthy humans and healthy society only by combining psychology revolution with social revolutions.Part Five: Comment on Fromm's anthropology ideology. This part briefly summarizes Fromm's anthropology ideology, presents the contribution of his theory, points out the theory's insufficiency, and posits that Fromm's ideology can function as the reference and guidance for our social reality.