Escape from Freedom. Rinehart and Co., 1941 and subsequent softcover editions.
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Description of the resource:
Why freedom can be frightening. The psychodynanmics behind zelotry, whether Fundamentalist Christian or anti-modern Moslim.
Evaluation of the resource:
Now commly accepted, Fromm's book, which first came out during World War Two, attempting to explain Naziism and Communism, had a great deal of influence on social thinking in the mid-century.