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Erich Fromm: Erich Fromm in 1974

Portrait: Erich Fromm in 1974. Müller-May, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons.

Philosopher1900–1980

Erich Fromm

Erich Fromm was a German-born psychoanalyst and social philosopher who fled the Nazis and spent his life asking why people give up their freedom. Escape from Freedom traced the appeal of authoritarianism to the loneliness of modern individuals, and The Art of Loving argued that love is not a feeling we fall into but an art that has to be learned and practised.

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