Erich Fromm
Fromm combined Marxist social theory with Freudian psychology to analyze the escape from freedom that makes authoritarianism psychologically attractive. The Art of Loving and To Have or to Be are his most widely read works.
Works
- Escape from FreedomPsychological analysis of how people escape freedom through authoritarian submission
- The Art of LovingPsychological exploration of authentic love as path to human fulfillment
- The Sane SocietyCritique of modern civilization for failing to meet psychological human needs
- To Have or to BeExistential analysis contrasting having and being modes of human existence
- The Fear of FreedomExamination of human tendency to fear autonomy and resist personal freedom