What Erich Fromm thinks about censorship
Psychoanalyst and social philosopher (1900 to 1980) whose Escape from Freedom (1941) argued that modern freedom leaves people isolated and anxious, and that many flee it into authority and conformity.
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1 dated position, c. 1941, in their own words. Our reading of what Erich Fromm has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe right to express our thoughts, however, means something only if we are able to have thoughts of our own
↗Escape from Freedom (Rinehart, 1941)archive.org All 7 from this book