Escape from Freedom · 1941

Fromm's first great book asks a hard question: why do people, once they win their freedom, so often hurry to give it away? Looking at the modern person cut loose from old bonds, he traces the loneliness and fear that can push whole societies toward strong leaders and easy answers.

The Art of Loving · 1956

Fromm argues that love is not a lucky feeling that happens to us but a skill we learn, like music or medicine. He looks at love of a partner, a child, a stranger and oneself, and at why a culture built on buying and selling finds it so hard.

To Have or to Be