Escape From Freedom
Author: Erich Fromm
Year: 1941
Erich Fromm came from jewish family but in real he din't belive in God, but human beeing. He is not only psychologyst but also philosophist. He belived that solution to make evil disapear is self-consciousness and of your situation in world. Everyone feels lonlyness which is result of our separate from nature. But in evolution we got consciousness with can help us to balance our life and let us be happy.
That's of course shortest way to descripe what Fromm was thinking. You don't have to be agree with some things of his theorethical ideology but You have to respect what he tried to do for human beeing by his books.
Don't run away from yourself just face what beeing human beeing brings You.
Erich Fromm is seen as one of most impacting of general mentality of nowadays people thinker, so it's worthy to read this book and make your own opinion about his theories.
Organizations see Erich Fromm's theories as usefull: Greenpeace also used parts of his theory in argumentation for animals.
Link below also shows how Fromms thoughts bring inspiration.
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