| Edition |
1st Holt pbks. ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 301 pages ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Farrar & Reinhart, 1941. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. Freedom, a psychological problem? -- II. The emergence of the individual and the ambiguity of freedom -- III. Freedom in the age of the Reformation -- 1. Medieval background and the Renaissance -- 2. The period of the Reformation -- IV. The two aspects of freedom for modern man -- V. Mechanisms of escape -- 1. Authoritarianism -- 2. Destructiveness -- 3. Automation conformity -- VI. Psychology of Nazism -- VII. Freedom and democracy -- 1. The illusion of individuality -- 2. Freedom and spontaneity -- Appendix. Character and the social process. |
| Summary |
A reprint of a 1941 text in which philosopher Erich Fromm discusses his theories about the dangers, responsibilities, and consequences of freedom. |
| Subject |
Liberty.
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Democracy.
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Totalitarianism.
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Social psychology.
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Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
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Liberty. (OCoLC)fst00997251
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Social psychology. (OCoLC)fst01122816
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Totalitarianism. (OCoLC)fst01153040
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| ISBN |
9780805031492 |
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0805031499 |
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