Can Freedom Become a Burden? | Escape From Freedom by Erich Fromm Part 1

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Summary of Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm. This is part 1 of 2.
Escape from Freedom is a work by the German psychologist Erich Fromm, published in 1941. Fromm was a Jewish German who fled Germany in 1934 to settle in the US. The work explores humanity's relationship with freedom throughout history and how it affects us today.
00:00 Introduction
01:54 History of Western Civilization
04:29 Two Sides of Freedom
09:38 Protestant Reformation
12:46 Mechanisms of Escape
22:22 Closing Thoughts
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@PhilosophyStudio Жыл бұрын

“Unless he belonged somewhere, unless his life had some meaning and direction, he would feel like a particle of dust and be overcome by his individual insignificance.” -Erich Fromm

@fangugel3812 4 ай бұрын

I strongly recommend reading Fromm’s books rather than listening to someone else’s interpretation of them. They are good reads and not too long.

@PhilosophyStudio 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely. My videos do not replace his actual works. My hope is to get people interested in the great works.

@naturegirl4803 Ай бұрын

Erich fromm was amazing, truly philosopher.

@user-ec6xo9je5x 6 ай бұрын

What an amazing video. My most sincerely congratulations. You could feel so proud of what you make. Thank you so much!!

@PhilosophyStudio 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support

@lexsodz Жыл бұрын

Really well done. I enjoyed this summary and learned so much from it. Keep it up! This wisdom is so valuable to share with people. Also, grea cliffhanger at the end :))

@PhilosophyStudio Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the support.

@songhailun6442 Жыл бұрын

Good work! Can't wait to see the second part.

@PhilosophyStudio Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support. Part 2 will be out today!

@ThuyTran-ci2et 3 ай бұрын

Your videos are thoughtful... thanks so much for putting them together.

@PhilosophyStudio 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support.

@user-ug2yz6vb7p 3 ай бұрын

He is a genius.

@AnthonyStJohn1 2 ай бұрын

The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness

@MissCapasso Жыл бұрын

Maestro ❤

@ilybou 9 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@PhilosophyStudio 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

@JudyFayLondon 5 ай бұрын

I was looking for this book, thanks for sharing.

@PhilosophyStudio 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

@JudyFayLondon 4 ай бұрын

@@PhilosophyStudio Thanks for sharing

@126theman 10 ай бұрын

15:30 that’s exactly what James Holmes said his motivation was, pretty insightful! Think also of the Columbine shooters, they referred to themselves as “God-like, a step above you filthy humans”.

@PhilosophyStudio 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. Erich Fromm really understood the psychology prevalent in modern societies. Based on his ideas, I’m not surprised to hear that about James Holmes but I didn’t know he said those things. Thanks for sharing!

@MissCapasso Жыл бұрын

It happened in 2020...

@artconnector 7 ай бұрын

I want to concentrate on the message, not on the over and over distracting muzak elevator music...

@Tyler-no7uj 5 ай бұрын

Go get treated for adhd then it’s not that bad

@artconnector 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for advice. Next year when I am 85.@@Tyler-no7uj

@DrCruel Жыл бұрын

If advertising is so effective, why are consumer products easy to sell while socialism is so hard to sell? Might it be that consumer products address consumer needs while socialism is vicious condescending nonsense?

@jamesboswell9324 4 ай бұрын

In the process of selling us products, advertising constantly sells us on capitalism per se. Our automaton conformity is thus instilled and ingrained by wall-to-wall 24/7 advertising making us believe capitalism is only system that ensures prosperity and freedom. And as pseudo-thinkers most people tend to believe whatever they are told and then imagine it's their own idea anyway.

@DrCruel 4 ай бұрын

@@jamesboswell9324 It's wall to wall 24/7 advertising in the schools, through DEI, in the media and from Hollywood that socialism is heroic and capitalism vile. What sells free market trade to the public are all the consumer goods that make their lives better. Socialism by contrast takes our earnings and replaces them with a growing bureaucracy that profits the socialists at our expense. It isn't propaganda that gives socialism such a bad reputation It's the actions of socialists, despite all their supportive propaganda.

@caveman1334 4 ай бұрын

How about freedom from oppression, exploitation.? Freedom to speak freely, get educated... We are too afraid of getting ourselves into deep thoughts about what socialism could be.

@DrCruel 4 ай бұрын

@@caveman1334 We don't have any problem rejecting National Socialism. Why do we have to constantly keep revisiting all these other Left fascist variants - to include one, called Critical Race Theory, which is just a Marxist-friendly version of National Socialism? We are constantly being sold on socialism. It's endless, despite being a disaster for the middle class and workers for over a century. The irony today is that socialism is mostly supported by the children of the rich, while resistance to socialism is strongest among actual working class people. Those who refuse to conform to "revolutionary" socialism are the ones who are punished.