Summary of Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm. This is part 1 of 2.

Escape from Freedom is a work by the German psychologist Erich Fromm, published in 1941. Fromm was a Jewish German who fled Germany in 1934 to settle in the US. The work explores humanity's relationship with freedom throughout history and how it affects us today.

00:00 Introduction
01:54 History of Western Civilization
04:29 Two Sides of Freedom
09:38 Protestant Reformation
12:46 Mechanisms of Escape
22:22 Closing Thoughts

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