Fromm: existential psychoanalysis

two essential needs represented by adam and eve

freedom and independence vs belonging and dependence

list of existential needs

freedom, belonging, relatedness, transcendence, rootedness, identity, orientation and devotion

relatedness

in mature love, care, respect, and responsibility for others

transcendence

the need to rise above the physical limitations of existence through the creation of meaningful durable relationships and artistic, scientific, and social creativity

rootedness

respect for own origin, history, and belongingness

identity

well defined selfhood, identity , and sense of existing as a unique person

the frame of orientation and devotion

healthy: biophilia; unhealthy: necrophilia

alternative to Freud’s typology of human characters

receptive type, exploitive type, hoarding type, healthy type, marketing type

receptive type resembles

oral passive character type

exploitive type

resembles the oral aggressive character type

hoarding type

resembles the anal retentive character type

healthy type

resembles the freudian genital character of a mature person

marketing type

spineless and manipulative without a corresponding freudian character type