Erich Fromm is one of the representative figures of the Frankfurt School. He has spent his whole life focusing on the insights of various social and cultural systems in the contemporary world from the perspective of love as the core of humanitarianism, and discussing the lack and construction of love from the perspectives of human social and cultural environment, survival problems, etc. The background of the era in which his ideas were generated is the period of Western humanitarian revival. The background of his thought is the period of humanitarian revival in the West, and today China is facing many problems in the construction of social morality in the process of high-quality development. Through the discussion of the basic content of Fromm's idea of love, combined with the current situation in China, we analyze the problems in the process of realizing the comprehensive development of human beings in today's society, analyze the reasons behind them, and explore the modern value of the idea of love for the construction of a socialist modernization country in our country, with a view to providing corresponding reference for China's construction of a socialist modernization country.
The specific framework structure of the article is as follows: First, the theoretical background of Fromm's thought of love is explained in detail, and the origin of Fromm's thought of love is sorted out through the in-depth analysis of Marx's philosophical theories, Freud's theories, Frankfurt School's theories, and Oriental Zen theories. Secondly, the historical reasons for the emergence of Fromm's thought of love are analyzed in depth through the discussion of the era background, cultural background and personal experience of the emergence of Fromm's thought of love. Thirdly, we will comprehensively grasp the basic content of Fromm's idea of love, including the preconditions of love, the essence of love and its constituent elements, the five forms of love, and the path of realization of the idea of love. Fourthly, we will analyze "love" in the light of China's current reality and the basic theory of Marxism, elucidate the reasonable kernel and theoretical defects of Fromm's idea of love in contemporary China, and analyze the reasons for this phenomenon in depth. Fifthly, the theoretical and practical values of Fromm's idea of love are organically integrated into the process of China's socialist modernization. Through the comprehensive and integrated analysis of Fromm's Love Thought, we will provide theoretical reference and practical reference for the moral development of China's socialist modernization.