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By Erich Fromm

Why do humans decide upon authoritarianism over freedom? The vintage examine of the mental charm of fascism by way of a New York Times–bestselling author.
 
The pursuit of freedom has indelibly marked Western tradition seeing that Renaissance humanism and Protestantism all started the struggle for individualism and self-determination. This freedom, notwithstanding, could make humans consider unmoored, and is frequently followed by way of emotions of isolation, worry, and the lack of self, all resulting in a hope for authoritarianism, conformity, or destructiveness.
 
It isn't just the query of freedom that makes Fromm’s debut ebook a undying vintage. during this exam of the roots of Nazism and fascism in Europe, Fromm additionally explains how monetary and social constraints may also bring about authoritarianism.

by means of the writer of The Sane Society and The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, it is a attention-grabbing exam of the anxiousness that underlies our darkest impulses, an enlightening quantity ideal for readers of Eric Hoffer or Hannah Arendt.
 
This publication positive factors an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm together with infrequent photographs and never-before-seen files from the author’s estate.
 
 
 

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