Humanistická etika Ericha Fromma a její inspirace pro kritickou sociální práci

It is typical for Czech critical social work that it draws more on foreign capacities directly from the field of social work. On the contrary, it does not create its own theories inspired by the works of critical theorists. Therefore, the aim of the article is to suggest the possibilities of practical application of Erich Fromm’s humanistic ethics to the practice of critical casework-oriented social work. This is a theoretical paper, which was written by analysing documents from the Czech publications of Erich Fromm. Fromm’s work seems to be particularly beneficial in the areas of setting the boundaries of the relationship with the client, the path to client empowerment, the objectivity of assessment, the emphasis on the structural causes of social problems, and the initiation of social change