- also called humanistic psychoanalysis
- talks about existential needs but it is biological and innate.
- humans are separated from nature because they lost their animal instinct because of reasoning, foresight, and imagination
- lack of animal instinct produces feelings of loneliness & isolation (basic anxiety)
MECHANISM OF ESCAPE
1) Authoritarianism
a) Masochism
b) Sadism
2) Destructiveness
3) Conformity
POSITIVE FREEDOM
- successful solution
SOCIAL CHARACTER
- character formed by social and cultural patterns
- individual character partly lost
EXISTENTIAL NEEDS
1)Frame of orientation - philosophy in life
2) Relatedness - relate with others
3) Rootedness - maintain ties
4) Sense of identity - self awareness
5) Unity - oneness of nature self
6) Transcendence - transform into creator
7) Effectiveness - make a dent in life
8) Excitation/stimulation - need to be motivated
NON PRODUCTIVE SOCIAL CHARACTER
1) Receptive / masochistic
2) Exploitative / sadistic
3) Hoarding / destructive
4) Marketing / indifferent
5) Necrophilus / murderous
PRODUCTIVE SOCIAL CHARACTER
1) Working / love & reason
