The Revolution of Hope (libro di Erich Fromm) (collage)

Toward a humanized technology

human well-being

humanization of technology

idolatry of "Future"

passive waiting

character structure

activeness vs. busyness

Shattering of hope

hardening of the heart

Man as helpless cog in a completetly mechanized society

Putting technique in the service of man's well-being

Forces that support the status quo

cambiare recuparando il meglio del nostro passato sociale

alternative alla disumanizzazione

human character structure, qualities and potentialities

contemporary social, political e and economic problems

the system "Man"

interconnetions between psychology, sociology and politics

mechanized society devoted to maximum material output and consumption directed by computers

disappearance of individualism and privacy

psychologial conditioning

exploiting the latest communication techniques to manipulate emotions and contro reason

losing control over our own "system"

passiveness engendered by our exclusion from responsible decision making

concentration on technique and material consumption

loss of capacity for deep emotional experiences, joy and sadness

do strong organizations require passive individuals?

average citizens do not see the dangers of the megamachine

disturbances in the system Man produce imbalances in the whole social system

the consumer's paradise does not deliver the happines it promised

attraction to force, law and order

polarization between conformists and creative people

combining social change with personal change

human nature vs. socioeconomic system

hope's object should be a fuller life, not more consumption

Marcuse alienated intellectual unrealistic, naive, without hope

hope is being ready for the new

unconscious repression of fear, hopelessness, greed

conscious and unconscious hope and hopelessness

arts are better than words for describing human experience

many people are passive in spite of their busyness

many people need to be prompted, turned on, temped, seduced

people try to escape the anxiety that is aroused when they are confronted with themselves

la speranza è collegata coi bisogni umani

faith is the awareness of pregnancy, the conviction of the not yet proven

faih is the vision of the present in a state of pregnancy

rational and irrational faith

faith in oneself

Hope is the mood that accompanies faith

Fortitude is the capacity to say "no" when the world wants to hear "yes".

Hope and Faith transcend the status quo individually and socially

resurrection is the transofrmation of this reality in the direction of greater aliveness

Loss of compassion and empathy

destructiveness and violence as result of shattering of hope

hate of life by persons with shattered hope

avenging oneself for unlived life

destructiveness is the alternative to hope

most of us are not aware of what we feel

examination of new alternatives and options, and concerted actions to bring about the realization of these new alternatives

Pubblicato nel 1968

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