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The Sane Society
Fromm, Erich
Publisher: FawcettYear Published: 1955 Pages: 320pp Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX6551 A critical evaluation of the effects of contemporary Western culture on the mental health and sanity of the people living within it. Abstract: - Table of Contents Foreword 1 Are We Sane? Can a Society Be Sick? - The Pathology of Normalcy The Human Situation - The Key to Humanistic Psychoanalysis The Human Situation Man's Needs - As they Stem From the Conditions of his Existence Relatedness vs. Narcissism Transcendence-Creativeness vs. Destructiveness Rootedness-Brotherliness vs. Incest Sense of Identity-Individuality vs. Herd Conformity The Need for a Frame of Orientation and Devotion-Reason vs. Irrationality Mental Health and Society Man in Capitalistic Society The Social Character The Structure of Capitalism and the Character of Man Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Capitalism Nineteenth-Century Capitalism Twentieth-Century Capitalism Social and Economic changes Characterological Changes Quantification, Abstractification Alienation Various Other Aspects Anonymous Authority The Principle of Nonfrustration Free Association and Free Talk Reason, Conscience, Religion Work Democracy Alienation and Mental Health Various Other Diagnoses Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century Various Answers Authoritarian Idolatry Super-Capitalism Socialism Roads to Sanity General Considerations Economic Transformation Socialism as a Problem The Principle of Communitarian Socialism Socio-Psychological Objections Interest and Participation as Motivation Practical Suggestions Political Transformation Cultural Transformation Summary - Conclusion Index Subject Headings |