Erich Fromm

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Erich Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) American Psychoanalyst, Social Philosopher, Marxist proponent, Socialist Party of America member. Born in Germany. Ph.D. in 1922 from Heidelberg. Citizen of USA in 1940. Most influential book Escape from Freedom (1941). Culminating book To Have or to Be? (1976) posits materialism's link to violence and "being" or love as the basis of productivity.^[1]

In 1957, Coretta Scott King, Albert Schweitzer and others founded the anti-war National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy or SANE (now the activist group Peace Action) based on the title of Fromm's book The Sane Society.^[2]

See also

• Sigmund Freud
• Devendra Singh

References

1. ↑ Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 10: 1976-1980. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1995.
2. ↑ Erich Fromm Dies in Switzerland, DAVA SOBEL. New York Times (1857-Current. Mar 19, 1980