THE SANE SOCIETY

Following the publication of the seminal Fear of Freedom, Erich Fromm applied hi
s unique vision to a critique of contemporary capitalism in The Sane Society. Wh
ere the former dealt with man's historic inability to come to terms with his sen
se of isolation, and the dangers to which this can lead, The Sane Society took h
is theories one step further. In doing so it established Fromm as one of the mos
t controversial political thinkers of his generation.



Anaylsing how individua
ls conform to contemporary capitalist and patriarchal societies, the book was pu
blished to wide acclaim and even wider disapproval. It was a scathing indictment
of modern capitalism and as such proved unwelcome to many. Unwelcome because mu
ch of what Fromm had to say was true.