Escape from Freedom
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Escape from Freedom is a book by psychoanalyst
Routledge & Kegan Paul. It was translated into German and first published in 1952 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. He describes how authoritarianism can be a mechanism of escape, with special emphasis on the psychosocial
conditions that enabled the rise of Nazism.
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References
- ISBN 0-8264-1224-6.