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book by Erich Fromm

Escape from Freedom is a book by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, first published in the United States by Farrar & Rinehart^[1] in with the title Escape from Freedom and a year later as The Fear of Freedom in UK by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

It was translated into German and first published in under the title Die Angst vor der Freiheit (The Fear of Freedom). In the book, Fromm explores humanity's shifting relationship with freedom, how individual freedom can cause fear, anxiety and alienation, and how many people seek relief by relinquishing freedom.

Erich Fromm Die Furcht Vor Der Freiheit [PDF]

He describes how authoritarianism can be a mechanism of escape, with special emphasis on the psychosocial conditions that enabled the rise of Nazism.

Summary

Fromm's concept of freedom

Fromm distinguishes between "freedom from" (negative freedom) and "freedom to" (positive freedom). The former refers to emancipation from restrictions such as social conventions