The Sane Society

by Erich Fromm

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805014020
Publisher:	Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	10/15/1990
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	323,817
Product dimensions:	5.45(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Erich Fromm was a German-born U.S. psychoanalyst and social philosopher who explored the interaction between psychology and society. His works include The Art of Loving, Love, Sexuality, and Matriarchy, and Man for Himself. He died in 1980.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Acknowledgements, Introduction by David Ingleby 1.Are we Sane? 2.Can a Society be Sick? -The Pathology of Normalcy 3. The Human Situation-the Key to Humanistic Psychoanalysis 4.Mental Health and Society 5.Man in Capitalistic Society 6.Varios Other Diagnoses 7.Various Answers 8.Roads to Sanity, 9.Summary-Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

“A distinguished contribution to a growing body of social psychological reflections on modern times.” —The Washington Post

“One is fascinated page after page by the incisiveness of the analysis, the concreteness of the presentation, and the beauty of the style.” —Paul Tillich

“A courageous book with a high moral objective...an unflinching indictment of contemporary society.” —Guide to Psychiatric and Psychological Literature

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