num_pages: 386
description: Social psychologist Erich Fromms seminal exploration of the profound ills of modern society and how best to overcome themOne of Fromms main interests was to analyze social systems and their impact on the mental health of the individual. In this study he reaches further and asks: Can a society be sick? He finds that it can arguing that Western culture is immersed in a pathology of normalcy that affects the mental health of individuals. In The Sane Society Fromm examines the alienating effects of modern capitalism and discusses historical and contemporary alternatives particularly communitarian systems. Finally he presents new ideas for a re-organization of economics politics and culture that would support the individuals mental health and our profound human needs for love and freedom.
language: English
title: The Sane Society
publisher: Open Road Media