A Study Of Marx's Influence On Fromm's Theory Of Social Character

The theory of social character is a creative theory that Fromm combines Marx's social thought and consciousness view on the basis of Freud's theory of character.Fromm regards Marx as a person of world historical significance.Although Freud sees personal psychological factors,he neglects the influence of social environment on human personality,which limits his vision.Marx thinks far more deeply and more than Freud.He examines human behavior from the social and economic structure,But the irrational factors were ignored,so Fromm tried to "melt the two into one furnace".Meanwhile,the misreading and Misreading of Marx thought by "pseudo Marxism" made Fromm spend a lot of energy on studying and thinking about Marxism,not only criticizing it,but also expounding his understanding of Marxism,The author proposes the theory of social character to make up for the deficiency of Marx in the micro psychological level and the concrete transformation mechanism between economic foundation and superstructure.The concept of "social character" clearly reflects the traces of Marxist thought.Under the influence of Marx's thought,Fromm examined the character in the relationship between man and the world,insisted that "the main thing of human is social existence",and modified Freud with Marx 'social tendency,and explained the decisive effect of social economic structure on social character from the root and change of social character,At the same time,we also noticed the role of "bond" and "explosive mortar" of social character,so as to explain the relative independence of social character.Not only that,Fromm also explored the foundation and premise of social character,namely,social unconsciousness.He put unconsciousness in the concrete world of reality for understanding,insisted that "consciousness is the product of society",and modified Freud's "Libido" with Marx's "historical power".He not only expounded the decisive role of social existence on social unconsciousness,but also saw the negative effect of social unconsciousness on social existence,and tried to make people realize the repression of facts,And seek the way of social change to break this repression.Fromm's theory of social character is influenced by Marx's thought.Although he always bases on the people in the real society and examines the human character in social history,he still regards Marx thought as spiritual existentialism in essence,and the theoretical focus is on the role of social character on human behavior and thinking,and does not really understand Marxism,Not only does the understanding of human nature stay in the abstract theory of human nature,but also does not touch the fundamental contradiction of capitalist society,and it is not realistic with a strong Utopian color.