Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm
Recommended by David Heinemeier Hansson and Heinemeier Hansson
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably turn to authoritarianism. This is the central idea of Escape from Freedom, a landmark work by one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time, and a book that is as timely now as when first published in 1941. Few books have thrown such light upon ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
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Heinemeier Hansson
“I just completed Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm. That’s probably one of my favorite books from the last few years. It’s written in 1941, and traces the psychological evolution of going from feudal, primary bonds of old to our modern age of being disconnected yet “free”. It’s obviously influenced heavily by the Fascist regimes at the time, but its diagnosis feels as timely today as it did then. Truly a spectacular and imminently readable book.”
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