From the standpoint of normative humanism we must arrive at a different concept of mental health; the very person who is considered healthy in the categories of an alienated world1, from the humanistic standpoint appears as the sickest one — although not in terms of individual sickness, but of the socially patterned defect.”

埃里希・弗洛姆|Erich Fromm健全的社会|The Sane Society

这段话的意思是,从人本主义角度看,一个人的社会化程度越高越不正常。虽然前提是在异化世界(alienated world)中,但是我个人认为至少我所了解的东亚社会已经非常符合异化世界的定义了。


  1. Social AlienationAn alienated world is one in which a significant portion of individuals feel a profound sense of estrangement or disconnection from their work, their society, their communities, or even themselves. ↩︎