The Research On Fromm's “ Liberation Of The Mind”

New technologies have brought automated tools that are constantly shortening the time necessary for human labor,and technological rationality enables human beings to live a more dignified life.Mankind has ushered in a new era of "greater affluence,greater comfort,and greater enjoyment." But what followed is an unprecedented repression.In the process of constructing a new tool system,human beings ignore the threat of technological rationality and even regard it as the highest goal of survival.The creative ability of human beings is directed to conquer nature and utilize nature to create enjoyable materials for human beings,which makes them become the "appendage" of tool technology system.In the effect of technical rationality,mechanical tools are highly automated,and the division of labor becomes increasingly tiny,leading to the "atomization" of social groups,and human beings become the "atomic parts" of mechanical tools.Human subjectivity is increasingly weakened.For example,sometimes people realize that they are "commodities",and the goal is to make themselves have "commodity attributes" and "saleability of use value".At this time,human rationality and personality must be alienated.In terms of will,people always seek to be consistent with the majority.People have no self-respect,and their daily emotions are manifested by fear,anxiety or doubt,and a special desire for approval from others.People have become alienated from themselves and begin to worship the products and material technologies they have created.This paper is based on Fromm's critique of human condition in capitalist society.First,it reveals the alienation of the human beings' living environment in the capitalist society.People are full of ruthless competition,people are used as tools,people suffer from the repression of authority,and driven by technical rationality,authority becomes a hidden control force.Human labor is alienated,the fruits of labor no longer belong to laborers,but become the opposite of laborers.Secondly,it discusses Fromm's criticism of social character,including the alienation of human rationality,the increasingly abstract and quantitative of human,the alienation of democracy and the alienation of human material desire.Third,it explores Fromm's critique of extreme ethics in capitalist society.He criticizes man's egoism,man's alienation,man's hedonicvalue tendency,man's utilitarian morality and man's extreme worship of faith in the capitalist society.Fromm criticizes the unhealthy phenomenon of the capitalist society,and proposes the road in which people lead to a sound society and realize their freedom and liberation.After getting rid of alienation,human dignity can be returned and people can be liberated in economy,politics and culture.Finally,people will realize the organic unity of constructing a sound society and people's freedom and liberation.