Vol. 23 No. 2 (2020)
Articles

The reception of Erich Fromm’s ideas in Bulgaria – Part 1

Published 09/10/2020

Keywords

  • Erich Fromm,
  • Marxism-Leninism,
  • criticism,
  • psychoanalysis

How to Cite

MINCHEV, P. (2020). The reception of Erich Fromm’s ideas in Bulgaria – Part 1. Psychological Research (in the Balkans), 23(2). Retrieved from https://journalofpsychology.org/index.php/1/article/view/51

Abstract

This article presents a research on the reception of Erich Fromm’s ideas in Bulgaria. The criticism of Fromm’s ideas is presented and an attempt is made to evaluate it according to its context – ideological, psychological and philosophical. The author aims at explaining the theoretical and substantive side of the criticism.

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