Brief biography, Erich Fromm

     Erich Fromm was born in 1900 in Frankfurt, Germany. His father worked sbagai businessman and, according to Erich, his personality was somewhat "erratic". Her mother was often depressed. In other words, Erik's childhood was not too pleasant.

     As families Jung, Erich Fromm family is a religious family, in this case the Jewish religion. As an adult, Erich declared himself an atheist mystics.

     In his autobiography, Beyond the Chains of Illusions, Erich tells two important events in his youth who later became the starting point of his life. The first event was his introduction to a relative of his family.

     "Maybe she was 25 years old, she was very beautiful, interesting and a painter, first painter I know. I remember that time he was engaged, but later dispersed; I remember he always accompanied his father a widower. His father is old, unattractive and rather quiet (muingkin my assessment is too biased because of jealousy). One day, I heard something very surprising: his father died and some time later he committed suicide and left a piece of a will that he wanted to be buried beside her father. "

     The second event is more awesome than the first event, namely World War I. At that time, he was 14 years old and forced to witness the severity of the impact of nationalism. All around, there was nothing but cry, "We are the largest" (We represent the German people). Hatred, "war hysteria", haunted him, and indeed it is.

     Erich, find the light on the incident from the writings of Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx.

Erich, received his Ph.D. from Heidelberg in 1922, and after that a career as a psychotherapist. He moved to America in 1934-period when the escape from Germany became very commonplace. In America, he lived in New York and this is where he met with thinkers escape.

     Towards the end of his career, he moved to Mexico City to teach. While in Mexico, he conducted various research on the relationship of economic classes dnegan personality types. Erich Fromm died in 1980 in Switzerland.

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