The sane society
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The sane society
（International library of sociology, 252 . The sociology of behaviour and psychology ; 11）
Routledge, 1998
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Reprint. Originally published: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1956
Includes index
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Description
Following the publication of the seminal Fear of Freedom , Erich Fromm applied his unique vision to a critique of contemporary capitalism in The Sane Society . Where the former dealt with man's historic inability to come to terms with his sense of isolation, and the dangers to which this can lead, The Sane Society took his theories one step further. In doing so it established Fromm as one of the most controversial political thinkers of his generation. Anaylsing how individuals conform to contemporary capitalist and patriarchal societies, the book was published to wide acclaim and even wider disapproval. It was a scathing indictment of modern capitalism and as such proved unwelcome to many. Unwelcome because much of what Fromm had to say was true. Today, as we settle into the challenges of the 21st century, Fromm's writings are just as relevant as when they were first written. Read it and decide for yourself - are you living in a sane society?
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Are we Sane?
- Chapter 2 Can a Society be Sick?-The Pathology of Normalcy1In this Chapter I have drawn on my paper, "Individual and Social Origins of Neurosis," Am. Soc. Rev. IX, 4, 1944, p. 380 ff.
- Chapter 3 The Human Situation-The key to Humanistic Psychoanalysis
- Chapter 4 Mental Health and Society
- Chapter 5 Man in Capitalistic Society
- Chapter 6 Various Other Diagnoses
- Chapter 7 Various Answers
- Chapter 8 Roads to Sanity
- Chapter 9 Summary-Conclusion
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