The Sane Society - Paperback

by Erich Fromm (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a German-born U.S. psychoanalyst and social philosopher who explored the interaction between psychology and society. He cofounded the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology. A professor for much of his career, he taught at Bennington College, New York University, Michigan State University, and UNAM in Mexico City. Fromm's works include The Art of Loving, Love, Sexuality, and Matriarchy, and Man for Himself.