Erich Fromm
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For the tennis player, see Eric Fromm.
Erich Seligmann Fromm (/frɒm/; German: [fʁɔm]; March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United States. He was one of the founders of The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology in New York City and was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.[1][n 1]
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Born | Erich Seligmann Fromm March 23, 1900 |
Died | March 18, 1980(1980-03-18) (aged 79) |
Alma mater | Heidelberg University |
Era | 20th century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
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Main interests | Humanism, social theory, Marxism |
Notable ideas | Being and Having as modes of existence, security versus freedom, social character, Character orientation |
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