The Sane Society

Name: The Sane Society
Author: Erich Fromm

by Erich Fromm

Critique of modern civilization for failing to meet psychological human needs

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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.

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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
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