Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Humanistic psychoanalyst and social philosopher
1900, Frankfurt, Germany — 1980, Muralto, Switzerland
Germany · United States · Mexico · Switzerland
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Erich Fromm was a humanistic psychoanalyst and social philosopher whose books 'Escape from Freedom' and 'The Art of Loving' shaped 20th-century thought about freedom, love and society. Blending Freud and Marx, he analysed how modern societies shape the psyche. Born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Frankfurt, he fled Nazi Germany and worked in the United States, Mexico and Switzerland.
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Humanistic psychoanalyst and social philosopher
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