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Abstract: . . . as discontinue utilizing the responsibility of the therapist, the social worker, or educator and exercising control over these. The last word belongs to Erich Fromm: Productiveness is man's ability to use his powers and to realize the potentialities inherent in him . (E. Fromm, Man for Him- self , p. 84) Copyright © 2006 by Dr. Rainer Funk, Ursrainer Ring 24, D-72076 Tübingen Tel. 07071-600004, Fax -600049; E-Mail: frommfunk[at-symbol] aol.com Translated . . . . . . nonproductiveness preponderant in a society. What, then, do productiveness and strengthening of the productive orienta- tion mean for the social character orientation that is I-am-me directed and becom- ing all the more dominant? My reflections on psychodynamics and on the psy- choanalysis of the I-am-me orientation suggest the following summary. The general goal is always to counter the I-am-me orientation assisted by made ability with an experience of the ego assisted by . . . . . . as discontinue utilizing the responsibility of the therapist, the social worker, or educator and exercising control over these. The last word belongs to Erich Fromm: Productiveness is man's ability to use his powers and to realize the potentialities inherent in him . (E. Fromm, Man for Him- self , p. 84) Copyright © 2006 by Dr. Rainer Funk, Ursrainer Ring 24, D-72076 Tübingen Tel. 07071-600004, Fax -600049; E-Mail: frommfunk[at-symbol] aol.com Translated . . . . . . herself as powerless when- ever it is unavailable. To achieve this goal a number of painful steps toward the strengthening of the productive orientation are imperative. To strengthen the productive orientation of a human being with a postmodern mindset means specifically : - To encourage and promote everything that stimulates and leads to the utiliza- tion of individual thought, individual feeling, and acting enabled by individual competencies, and to avoid . . . . . . appropriatedoccasionally to such a degree that we can speak of a histrionic incontinence of emotions. The active postmodern person does this differently than the passive-participative person, however. The active person reveals his or her I-am-me orientation by displaying his or her emotional intensity, his or her capacity to be sensual and sensitive. Par- ticularly in situations where he or she appears as the director and producer of en- tertainment, communication, and . . . . . . tact breaks off or the subordinated spouse or child or operational program is no longer under control and no longer at one's disposal. - An equally important aspect of the promotion of the productiveness of per- sons with an I-am-me orientation by psychotherapists, social workers, and educators is the phasing out of auxiliary egos, auxiliary superegos, and auxil- iary ego ideals. This process can only be carried out gradually and should not Page . . . --3000,6,250,3462,58801
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