高英Lesson8(Book2)TheWorkerasCreatororMachine.pptVIP

Unit 8 The Worker as Creator or Machine By Erich Fromm Teaching Points I. Background knowledge II. Introduction to the passage III. Text Analysis IV. Rhetorical devices V. Questions I. Background Knowledge About the Author Erich Fromm (1900 – 1980) Born: 23-Mar-1900Birthplace: Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDied: 18-Mar-1980Location of death: Muralto, SwitzerlandCause of death: unspecified Gender: MaleRace or Ethnicity: WhiteSexual orientation: StraightOccupation: Psychologist, Philosopher Nationality: United StatesExecutive summary: Psychoanalyst, Humanist Wife: Frieda Reichmann (#1, physician)Father: Napthali FrommMother: Rosa Drauss Major works: One of his most popular books is The Art of Loving, which was published in 1956. It was translated into 28 languages and had sold more than one and a half million copies in English alone by 1970. Author of books:Escape from Freedom (1941) Man for Himself (1947) The Sane Society (1955) The Art of Loving (1956) The Heart of Man (1964) The Revolution of Hope (1968) 1. Background Knowledge Erich Fromm was born in 1900 in Frankfurt, Germany. His father was a business man and, according to Erich, rather moody. His mother was frequently depressed. In other words, like quite a few of the people weve looked at, his childhood wasnt very happy. Like Jung, Erich came from a very religious family, in his case orthodox Jews. Fromm himself later became what he called an atheistic mystic. I. Background Knowledge I. Background Knowledge In his autobiography, Beyond the Chains of Illusion, Fromm talks about two events in his early adolescence that started him along his path. The first involved a friend of the familys: Maybe she was 25 years of age; she was beautiful, attractive, and in addition a painter, the first painter I ever knew. I remember having heard that she had been engaged but after some time had broken the engag