German-American psychologist and social theorist who synthesized Marx and Freud into a humanistic account of modern alienation and the psychology of authoritarian submission.
Escape from Freedom: modern freedom creates an unbearable burden of aloneness — people escape into authoritarianism (fascism), conformism, or destructiveness. The Art of Loving: love is not a feeling but a practice — it requires knowledge, care, responsibility, and respect; romantic love as marketed is a commodity relation. The Sane Society: productive and loving social arrangements against capitalist alienation. To Have or To Be: being vs. having as two modes of human existence.
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