Reception of Erich Fromm

The reception of an author is reflected on the one hand in the dissemination of his writings, and on the other hand in his scholarly reception.

With regard to the distribution and circulation of Fromm’s books, the tables Translations and Rightsholders give a first overview.

Detailed information on the dissemination of Fromm’s writings as well as on their scientific reception can be found on the document server. There one can search for specific languages, dissertations, reviews, keywords, etc. Detailed instructions on how to use the document server can be found in its FAQs.

An overview of the worldwide reception is given by Neil McLaughlin and Rainer Funk in a 2015 article in English and in Spanish.

Manfred Zimmer has been researching Fromm’s reception in the People’s Republic of China:

• Overview of Fromm’s reception in China with an appendix (in German).

• Erich Fromm in China II (including appendix) – On the reception of his concepts of thought (1961-2014) (in German)

• Titles and abstracts of over 1750 scholarly works on Fromm in China: Authors A-R and Authors S-Z.