432 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

424 Pages
by Routledge

Following the publication of the seminal Fear of Freedom , Erich Fromm applied his unique vision to a critique of contemporary capitalism in The Sane Society . Where the former dealt with man's historic inability to come to terms with his sense of isolation, and the dangers to which this can lead, The Sane Society took his theories one step further. In doing so it established Fromm as one of... Read more
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

Biography

Erich Fromm

'Erich Fromm speaks with wisdom, compassion, learning and insight into the problems of individuals trapped in a social world that is needlessly cruel and hostile.' - Noam Chomsky

`He has enriched our understanding of man in humanity, compassion and love.' - Sunday Times