The Sane Society"The Sane Society "is a continuation and extension of the brilliant psychiatric concepts Erich Fromm first formulated in "Escape from Freedom"; it is also, in many ways, an answer to Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents," Fromm examines man's escape into overconformity and the danger of robotism in contemporary industrial society: modern humanity has, he maintains, been alienated from the world of their own creation. Here Fromm offers a complete and systematic exploration of his " humanistic psychoanalysis." In so doing, he counters the profound pessimism for our future that Freud expressed and sets forth the goals of a society in which the emphasis is on each person and on the social measures designed to further function as a responsible individual. |
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Erich Fromm. Chapter Five MAN IN CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY The Social Character Mental health cannot be discussed meaningfully as an ab- stract quality of abstract people . If we are to discuss now the state of mental ... SOCIAL CHARACTER 2222.
Erich Fromm. Chapter Five MAN IN CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY The Social Character Mental health cannot be discussed meaningfully as an ab- stract quality of abstract people . If we are to discuss now the state of mental ... SOCIAL CHARACTER 2222.
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... social character . Let me state again , in speaking of the socio - economic structure of society as molding man's character , we speak only of one pole in the interconnection between social organ- ization and man . The other pole to be ...
... social character . Let me state again , in speaking of the socio - economic structure of society as molding man's character , we speak only of one pole in the interconnection between social organ- ization and man . The other pole to be ...
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... social character and the methods by which the social character is produced . The structure of society and the function of the individual in the social structure may be considered to determine the content of the social character . The ...
... social character and the methods by which the social character is produced . The structure of society and the function of the individual in the social structure may be considered to determine the content of the social character . The ...
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CAN A SOCIETY BE SICK?THE | 21 |
THE HUMAN SITUATIONTHE KEY | 29 |
C | 41 |
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