Research Article

SYMBIOSIS IN ERICH FROMM: SADE (ISM) AND MASOCH(ISM)

Number: 35 May 20, 2023
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SYMBIOSIS IN ERICH FROMM: SADE (ISM) AND MASOCH(ISM)

Abstract

The reason for the coexistence of people, how it is possible and how it should be, appear as one of the main subjects of social sciences. For some thinkers, the best way to achieve this unity is through laws and contracts. For some, the source of this togetherness is defined as the sympathy, empathy and shared values deriving from belonging to the same species. In theist approaches, on the other hand, it is based on the view that all humanity is creation of God. According to Fromm, the source of the togetherness, which he calls the common life (symbiosis), is the feeling of loneliness caused by the existential contradiction of man. According to Fromm, sadism and masochism are types of submission developed by a person tossed into life as a result of the feeling of loneliness. These two phenomena need each other and develop each other in parallel with this need and this ongoing interaction makes symbiosis possible. The parties of the mentioned interaction, which man develops against the forces he encounters when he is thrown into the world, unconsciously develops interdependence. According to Fromm, this dependency is the source of the negative symbiosis deriving its ideal togetherness and continuing before its own togetherness. In this study, we aim to discuss how it should be after examining the facts of sadism and masochism, which Fromm has positioned as the source of common life, especially in bilateral relations, and how the togetherness takes place. Parallel to this goal, we will first examine Sade and Masoch's works, then define them, and finally, due to Fromm's negation of these two phenomena, the ideal togetherness, which he offers instead of the two, will be associated with today.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Philosophy

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 20, 2023

Submission Date

January 5, 2023

Acceptance Date

March 20, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Number: 35

Chicago
Keser, Azercan. 2023. “ERICH FROMM’DA ORTAKYAŞAM: SADE (İZM) VE MASOCH(İZM)”. FLSF Felsefe Ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, nos. 35: 215-36. https://doi.org/10.53844/flsf.1230001.

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