Escape from Freedom

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book political philosophy book social psychology book

Escape from Freedom is a seminal 1941 social-psychological work by Erich Fromm that explores how modern individuals respond to newfound freedom with both a desire for autonomy and a tendency toward authoritarianism and conformity.

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Label	Occurrences
Escape from Freedom canonical	4
Die Furcht vor der Freiheit	1
escape from freedom	1

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Target entity: Escape from Freedom
Context triple: [Erich Fromm, notableWork, Escape from Freedom]

A. The Price of Freedom
The Price of Freedom is a war film depicting the World War II assassination of high-ranking Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovak resistance fighters.
B. Freedom in Exile
Freedom in Exile is the autobiography of the 14th Dalai Lama, recounting his life, the Chinese occupation of Tibet, and his experiences in exile.
C. The Path to Freedom
"The Path to Freedom" is a chapter in Carl Sagan’s science book *The Demon-Haunted World* that explores how scientific thinking and skepticism can liberate people from superstition and irrational beliefs.
D. The Freedom of Man
The Freedom of Man is a philosophical work by physicist Arthur H. Compton exploring the relationship between modern physics, determinism, and human free will.
E. The Discovery of Freedom
The Discovery of Freedom is a 1943 libertarian classic by Rose Wilder Lane that argues passionately for individual liberty and critiques collectivist ideologies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Escape from Freedom
Target entity description: Escape from Freedom is a seminal 1941 social-psychological work by Erich Fromm that explores how modern individuals respond to newfound freedom with both a desire for autonomy and a tendency toward authoritarianism and conformity.

A. The Price of Freedom
The Price of Freedom is a war film depicting the World War II assassination of high-ranking Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovak resistance fighters.
B. Freedom in Exile
Freedom in Exile is the autobiography of the 14th Dalai Lama, recounting his life, the Chinese occupation of Tibet, and his experiences in exile.
C. The Path to Freedom
"The Path to Freedom" is a chapter in Carl Sagan’s science book *The Demon-Haunted World* that explores how scientific thinking and skepticism can liberate people from superstition and irrational beliefs.
D. The Freedom of Man
The Freedom of Man is a philosophical work by physicist Arthur H. Compton exploring the relationship between modern physics, determinism, and human free will.
E. The Discovery of Freedom
The Discovery of Freedom is a 1943 libertarian classic by Rose Wilder Lane that argues passionately for individual liberty and critiques collectivist ideologies.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ political philosophy book ⓘ social psychology book ⓘ
author	Erich Fromm ⓘ
countryOfFirstPublication	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
genre	critical theory ⓘ social psychology ⓘ
hasPart	Freedom and Spontaneity ⓘ Mechanisms of Escape ⓘ Psychology of Nazism ⓘ linked to: The Mass Psychology of Fascism The Freedom – In the Age of the Reformation ⓘ The Two Aspects of Freedom for Modern Man ⓘ
influenced	critical social theory ⓘ political psychology ⓘ studies of authoritarian personality ⓘ
influencedBy	Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Max Weber ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
keyConcept	authoritarian character ⓘ automaton conformity ⓘ escape from freedom ⓘ linked to: Escape from Freedom marketing orientation ⓘ negative freedom ⓘ positive freedom ⓘ
mainThesis	anxiety produced by freedom can lead individuals to seek security in authoritarianism and conformity ⓘ modern individuals experience freedom as both a source of independence and a source of anxiety ⓘ
movement	Frankfurt School ⓘ
notableFor	analysis of freedom in modern capitalist societies ⓘ linking psychological needs with political authoritarianism ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Die Furcht vor der Freiheit ⓘ linked to: Escape from Freedom
publicationYear	1941 ⓘ
publisher	Farrar & Rinehart ⓘ
setInContextOf	rise of Nazism in Germany ⓘ
subject	Nazism ⓘ authoritarianism ⓘ conformity ⓘ democracy ⓘ escape mechanisms ⓘ fascism ⓘ freedom ⓘ individualism ⓘ modern society ⓘ psychology of freedom ⓘ social character ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed	Reformation ⓘ modern capitalism ⓘ

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Man for Himself → follows → Escape from Freedom ⓘ

The Sane Society → relatedWork → Escape from Freedom ⓘ

To Have or To Be? → relatedWorkByAuthor → Escape from Freedom ⓘ

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