PSY 20673 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Erich Fromm, Hanns Sachs, Karen Horney
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Fromm: humanistic psychoanalysis: overview of fromm"s humanistic psychoanalysis. Erich fromm"s humanistic psychoanalysis looks at people from the perspective of psychology, history, and anthropology. Freud and horney, fromm developed a more culturally oriented theory than freud and a much broader theory than horney. Erich fromm was born in germany in 1900, the only child of orthodox jewish parents. A thoughtful young man, fromm was influenced by the bible, freud, and marx, as well as by socialist ideology. After receiving his phd, fromm began studying psychoanalysis and became an analyst by virtue of being analyzed by. United states and began a psychoanalytic practice in new york, where he also resumed his friendship with karen horney. Much of his later years were spent in mexico and switzerland. Fromm believed that humans have been torn away from their prehistoric union with nature and left with no powerful instincts to adapt to a changing world.
