The sane society / by Erich Fromm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

Social psychology.

Liberty.

Psychology, Social.

Psicología social.

Libertad.

Medical Subjects:

Civilization.

Psychology, Social.

Local Subjects:

Psicología social.

Libertad.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Laurence, Paula (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Bowden, Charles, 1913-1996 (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980 (autograph) (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

370 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Rinehart, [1955]

Summary:

Fromm offers a complete and systematic exploration of his "humanistic psychoanalysis." In so doing, he counters the profound pessimism for our future that Freud expressed and sets forth the goals of a society in which the emphasis is on each person and on the social measures designed to further function as a responsible individual.

Contents:

Are we sane?

Can a society be sick? The pathology of normalcy

The human situation ; The key to humanistic psychoanalysis

Mental health and society

Man in capitalistic society

Various other diagnoses

Various answers

Roads to sanity.

Notes:

A continuation of the author's Escape from freedom and, to some extent, his Man for himself.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy inscribed "For Paula and Chuck with love from Erich" on front flyleaf.

Other Format:

Online version: Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980. Sane society.

OCLC:

255482