The Theory About The Influence Of Marx’s Concept Of Freedom To Fromm

Freedom as the pursuit of each person about ideal life state, different historical periodsattracts scholars’ attention. Freedom in Marx and Fromm’s thought also occupies the importantposition, but the domestic scholars’ research rarely involved the comparison of the two freedom.Marx’s freedom idea based on social practice, has experienced from "abstract freedom" to"specific free"’s evolutionary process. Marx looking for the carrier of "freedom" from real life,he used "realistic people" to replace the emotional sense of the "natural person" and some othergods or absolute spirit. Marx’s idea of freedom based on material production labor, considerfreedom along with the advancement of society and the dynamic process of continuousdevelopment.Fromm thought when people began leave the "initial bond" it means the beginning ofindividualized process. Individual process move farther, the individual bound by "originatinglink" the less, people will get more free. But as the complexity of the social development,although people of capitalist society break away from the strictures on the surface, but peopletrap an unprecedented loneliness and anxiety psychologically. In order to avoid this kind ofpsychological predicament, people chose to escape from freedom.The inherent regularity and research ways of Marx’ freedom has produced certain influenceto Fromm’ freedom. The inherent regularity mainly includes the alienation theory when Marxresearch freedom problem, the definition of free freedom carrier, and the plan about the idealdreamboat that based on the criticism and the realizability of freedom. The research of Fromm’smiddle ages and modern society freedom can be drawn lessons from these point. In addition,Fromm evaluate and reference the historical materialism research methodology of Marx’freedom. Fromm thought that Marx’s historical materialism theory is the most persistent and themost important contribution in the human history. Of course, except reference Marx’ researchmethods, Fromm also has the certain innovation. He put the freedom into the psychologicalcategory to analyze.