Stručni rad
Erich Fromm's 'Man for Himself' as a Free Creative Being of Praxis
Nenad Vertovšek
orcid.org/0000-0001-8543-6580
; Zadar, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The understanding of alienated man who, during the course of historical development, gains increasingly more freedom but also feels more isolated from the nature and other people, in works of prominent praxis-thinker Gajo Petrović is connected to humanistic values and dynamic psychology. When he directs his attention to Erich Fromm and his concept of man for himself, Petrović seeks answers to questions on what aspects of Fromm’s work were interesting for philosophy of his days as well as for philosophy in future. Petrović is interested in Fromm’s research on roots of escape from freedom in human nature and contemporary society, as well as in the possibility of freeing the man from the burden put by himself. Gajo Petrović uses the concepts of human nature and alienation in widening and deepening philosophical research on human, with the goal of offering the solution to core problems of existence and human relations.
One of the meeting points of Gajo Petrović and Erich Fromm is found in the gap between human essence and real, practical existence. The central place of philosophy of both Petrović and Fromm belongs to man, his nature, and contradictions he faces as the creative being of praxis. Another common point between two authors is the search for the answer to the question: Should practical reason be used again and how, i.e. should practical reason simply continue where philosophical concept of alienated man has stopped? Will the research on alienation and de-alienation finally rehabilitate the thought on Man who, unfortunately, is not what he is, and should be what he has to be?
Ključne riječi
alienation; dealienation; freedom of man; human nature; Praxis; Erich Fromm; Gajo Petrović
Hrčak ID:
118790
URI
Datum izdavanja:
7.3.2014.
Posjeta: 3.095 *