{"id":5105,"date":"2009-05-27T19:31:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T19:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/swiss-working-group-erich-fromm\/"},"modified":"2009-05-27T19:31:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T19:31:01","slug":"swiss-working-group-erich-fromm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/en\/swiss-working-group-erich-fromm\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss working group &#8220;Erich Fromm&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Since 2005, under the moderation of Oskar J\u00e4ggi from Wallisellen, the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;Swiss working group &#8220;Erich Fromm&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">which initially met at regular intervals near Zurich and then exchanged information by e-mail. This working group is currently dormant. The templates for the exchange were created by Oskar J\u00e4ggi and are based on publications by and about Erich Fromm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">In order to give other interested parties access to this working group, the newsletters are made available below as pdfs.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The first series of newsletters refers to Erich Fromm&#8217;s book published by Rainer Funk in 2000 with the title&nbsp;<strong>Authentisch leben,&nbsp;<\/strong>which is available as a paperback from the publisher Herder (Herder Spektrum 5691). A total of 14 newsletters have been published for this title:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_01.pdf\">Authentic_01<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Introduction<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_02.pdf\">Authentic_02<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">People<\/span> no longer<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">experience<\/span>&nbsp;themselves as something special<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_03.pdf\">Authentic_03<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The nature of man: man is a being of contradiction<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_04.pdf\">Authentic_04<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">&#8220;Freedom&#8221; is the true realization of personality!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_06.pdf\">Authentic_05<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">&#8211; The riddle of life and the question of its meaning<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_07.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Authentic_06<\/span>&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The human self is strong to the extent that it is active<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_08.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Authentic_07<\/span>&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Security and strength through freedom and spontaneous action<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_09.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Authentic_08<\/span>&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">People don&#8217;t just sell goods. He sells himself<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_10.pdf\">Authentic_09&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">What is the relationship between the present person and himself?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_11.pdf\">Authentic_10<\/a><br \/>\n  &nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span>&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">People today are filled with a deep sense of powerlessness<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Authentisch_12.pdf\">Authentic_11<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Recognizing the difference between the real and the fake<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The second series of newsletters refers to Fromm&#8217;s draft of a humanist socialism, which he published in 1960 under the title&nbsp;<strong>The human being has priority<\/strong>&nbsp;, as well as conference papers&nbsp; from a conference of the same name, which dealt with alternatives to neoliberalism. A total of 16 newsletters were published:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_01.pdf\">Priority_01<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><em><br \/>\n  <span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">&#8220;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">People have priority!&#8221; Where do we stand today?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_02.pdf\">Priority_02<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">What has become of man?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_03.pdf\">Priority_03<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">What happened to socialism and communism?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_04.pdf\">Vorrang_04<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Erich Fromm&#8217;s humanism in the 21st century<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_05.pdf\">Priority_05<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The program: &#8220;Peace in the world &#8211; and bread for all&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_06.pdf\">Priority_06<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Criticism of our program proposal<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_07.pdf\">Vorrang_07<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Elmar Altvater: &#8220;Elements of a critique of capitalism&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_08.pdf\">Vorrang_08<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Elmar Altvater: &#8220;The foreseeable end of fossil fuels&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_09.pdf\">Vorrang_09<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Elmar Altvater: &#8220;The crisis of work&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_10.pdf\">Priority_10<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Prof. Dr. Burkhard Bierhoff: From &#8220;Analytical Social Psychology&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_11.pdf\">Priority_11<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">&#8220;Why can&#8217;t we freely question our true needs?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_12.pdf\">Priority_12<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">&#8220;People must want to do what they are supposed to do&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_13.pdf\">Priority_13<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">&#8220;Why do many people no longer find access to their own inner activity?&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_14.pdf\">Vorrang_14<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Prof. Dr. Burkhard Bierhoff refers to eco-capitalism<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_15.pdf\">Priority_15<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Wendekreis: &#8220;Money for all. A village blossoms&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Vorrang_16.pdf\">Priority_16<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;\">J\u00fcrgen Neitzel: Thoughts on the role of employment<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The third series of newsletters contains a compilation of quotes from the book&nbsp;<strong>Erich Fromm&#8217;s little school of life<\/strong>&nbsp;by Rainer Funk, sorted by specific topics. The book was published by Herder, but is currently no longer available. The following newsletters were published:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_01.pdf\">School of Life_01<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Rainer Funk&#8217;s first encounter with Erich Fromm<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_02.pdf\">Lebensschule_02<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">&#8220;I was looking for a confrontation. He offered me a direct encounter&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_03.pdf\">Lebensschule_03<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Encountering the self in the other and the other in the self<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_04.pdf\">Lebensschule_04<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">&#8220;Our unconscious is the whole person&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_05.pdf\">Lebensschule_05<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">The power of rationalization<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_06.pdf\">School of Life_06<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Indications of the unconscious<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_07.pdf\">Lebensschule_07<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Defense strategies against becoming aware of the unconscious<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_08.pdf\">School of Life_08<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Understanding the unconscious<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_09.pdf\">Lebensschule_09<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">The dream and free association as access to the unconscious<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_10.pdf\">School of Life_10<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Failure as access to the unconscious<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_11.pdf\">Lebensschule_11<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Transference as access to the unconscious<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_12.pdf\">Lebensschule_12<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">People can only live as socialized individuals<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_13.pdf\">Lebensschule_13<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Erich Fromm &#8211; from an only child to a psychoanalyst of society<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_14.pdf\">School of Life 14<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">&#8220;What makes a father beat his children?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_15.pdf\">School of Life 15<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">The importance of character development<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_16.pdf\">School of Life 16&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Society in the individual &#8211; the character of society&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_17.pdf\">School of life 17&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">What makes people succeed<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_18.pdf\">School of Life 18&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Love in life by Erich Fromm<span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_19.pdf\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">School of life 19<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">&nbsp;&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">&nbsp;What is good for people&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_20.pdf\">School of Life 20<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The primary tendency to grow<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_21.pdf\">School of Life 21<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Of growth-oriented self-power<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_22.pdf\">School of Life 22<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Productive character orientation<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_23.pdf\">School of Life 23<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The primary trend at the crossroads<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_24.pdf\">School of Life 24<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; What makes society succeed at the expense of people<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_25.pdf\">School of Life 25<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The importance of social character<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_26.pdf\">School of Life 26<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The authoritarian character (1)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_27.pdf\">School of Life 27<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The authoritarian character (2)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_28.pdf\">School of Life 28<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The marketing character (1)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_29.pdf\">School of Life 29<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The marketing character (2)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_30.pdf\">School of Life 30<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The marketing character (3)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_31.pdf\">School of Life 31<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The ego-oriented character (1)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_32.pdf\">School of Life 32<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The ego-oriented character (2)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_33.pdf\">School of Life 33<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The ego-oriented character (3)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_34.pdf\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; School of Life 34<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The ego-oriented character (4)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/fromm-gesellschaft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Lebensschule_35.pdf\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; School of Life 35<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; 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