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RECEPTIVE CHARACTER [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
CONT

Erich Fromm identified several character orientations found in Western society. The receptive character can only take and not give; the hoarding character, threatened by the outside world, can not share; the exploitative character satisfies desires through force and deviousness; and the marketing character-created by the impersonal nature of modern society-sees itself as a cog in a machine, or as a commodity to be bought or sold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
DEF

Type de personnalité marqué par des relations sociales passives, un besoin accentué de l'appui des autres et une dépendance sur des choses données par d'autres.

Spanish

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