A Psychological Inquiry into Totalitarianism: Erich Fromm’s Escape from Freedom

Erich Fromm’s Escape from Freedom (1941) charts the growth and decline of freedom and selfawareness in the West from the Middle Ages to modern times, when people sought refuge from insecurity and responsibility in totalitarian movements, such as Nazism and Fascism. In contrast to the thesis that Esc...

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Published in:Society (New Brunswick) 2018-10, Vol.55 (5), p.440-450
Main Author: Zakai, Avihu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Analysis
Authoritarianism
Biographies
Civilization
Criticism and interpretation
Escape
Fascism
Freedom
Freedoms
Fromm, Erich
Fromm, Erich (1900-1980)
German history
Graphs
Ideology
Individual and society
Insecurity
Jews
Judaism
Middle Ages
Modernity
Mythology
Nazi groups
Nazism
Political aspects
Political Science
Profile
Psychological aspects
Psychologists
Reference Materials
Refuge
Security
Selfawareness
Semitic Languages
Social Sciences
Sociology
Theses
Totalitarianism
Western civilization
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