The Fear of Freedom

Erich Fromm

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Routledge
01 July 2001

Psychology; Social, group or collective psychology

Series: Routledge Classics

Erich Fromm sees right to the heart of our contradictory needs for community and for freedom like no other writer before or since. In Fear of Freedom, Fromm warns that the price of community is indeed high, and it is the individual who pays. Fascism and authoritarianism may seem like receding shadows for some, but are cruel realities for many. Erich Fromm leaves a valuable and original legacy to his readers - a vastly increased understanding of the human character in relation to society. At the beginning of the 21st century, it is more important than ever to be aware of his powerful message. Listen, and take heed.

By: Erich Fromm
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9780415253888
ISBN 10: 0415253888
Series: Routledge Classics
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 July 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Freedom--A Psychological Problem? The Emergence of the Individual and the Ambiguity of Freedom Freedom in the Age of the Reformation Medieval Background and the Renaissance The Period of the Reformation The Two Aspects of Freedom for Modern Man Mechanisms of Escape Authoritarianism Destructiveness Automaton Conformity Psychology of Nazism Freedom and Democracy The Illusion of Individuality Freedom and Spontaneity Appendix: Character and the Social Process Index

Erich Fromm (1900-1980) Psychoanalyst and author, Fromm is arguably one of the most outstanding figures of 20th Century humanism.

Reviews for The Fear of Freedom

"""Erich Fromm speaks with wisdom, compassion, learning and insight into the problems of individuals trapped in a social world that is needlessly cruel and hostile.""- Noam Chomsky ""He has enriched our understanding of man in humanity, compassion and love.""- Sunday Times""TheFear of Freedomexamined the plight of man in the post existentialist world; it saw man as cut off from the homely security of the medieval paradise, driven by loneliness and fear to seek solutions to his predicament in the shelter of political tyrannies. Fromm's was a subtle exploration of the ""negative aspect of freedom"", a situation in which he saw modern man as alleviating his unbearable powerlessness and isolation only by morbid activity.""- The Times ""Dr Fromm has attacked his subject in a fresh and original way and thrown a flood of illumination on it.""- Times Educational Supplement"