Erich Fromm: from messianic utopia to critical criminology

Authors

  • Michael Löwy Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • Ariani Bueno Sudatti Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33389/desc.v2n1.2019.p97-105

Keywords:

Criminal Justice System, Criminal Justice, Critical Criminology, Frankfurt School, Class Society, Economic Ethic, Punitive Justice, Marxist criticism, Freudian criticism, Judaism

Abstract

This chapter explores Erich Fromm’s early works of the 1920–1930s, in particular, its ‘elective affinity’ with Jewish messianism, and examines the links between Fromm’s work and the tradition of messianic Marxism and Freud´s theory from which it draws its significance for the development of a critical criminology. It goes on to show how the author develops a deep connection between punitive justice and class society, transforming his religiosity into a utopian dimension that allows him to conceive another model of society opposed to capitalist society.

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Published

2019-10-04

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): Vol. 2, n. 1, jan.-jun. 2019

Section

Artigos

How to Cite

LÖWY, Michael. Erich Fromm: from messianic utopia to critical criminology. DESC - Law, Economics and Contemporary Society, [S. l.], v. 2, n. 1, p. 97–105, 2019. DOI: 10.33389/desc.v2n1.2019.p97-105. Disponível em: https://seer.facamp.com.br/seer/index.php/FACAMP/article/view/31.. Acesso em: 4 aug. 2026.