Fromm read Jewish tradition, especially Hasidism, as preserving matriarchal elements.

Evidence

In the light of Fromm’s early religiosity, his discussion of Judaism in this context is worth noting. Although acknowledging the patriarchal God at its core, he also pointed to such elements in Jewish thought as the vision of the land of milk and honey, which were clearly matriarchal. The Hasidim, he argued (once again as Buber would have done), were especially matriarchal in character (Ibid., p. 223). — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 1156

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Institut’s broader matriarchal theory strand (Bachofen revival) and to Martin Buber’s own Hasidism interpretation. — connects to: Fromm carried secularized Jewish themes into his later work — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 164; Diaspora Judaism’s spirituality was a defensive feminized redefinition of loss

Broader Connections

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