Towards A »Sane Society«
Thoughts on Liberation On the Way to a Humane Society
Burkhard Bierhoff
Abstract:
Eric Fromm was one of the first psychoanalysts to deal with the crisis of civilization. Hisideas about human nature, the social character and the social unconscious, the pathology of normalcy and the ideal of productivity are important. Fromm criticizes industrialism for its unrealizable promises of freedom and happiness, which correspond to an ideology of growth and progress. The satisfaction of »false« needs and desires does not lead to human well-being.
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