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Work #688 · Mid

Escape from Freedom

Erich Fromm
1941 · English
Social psychology / political psychology · Frankfurt School / humanistic psychoanalysis

Fromm's 1941 foundational psychological-political analysis of authoritarianism and the escape from freedom

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Attribute Escape from Freedom (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Escape from Freedom

The historical time of modern individual's freedom-and-anxiety.

Space

Escape from Freedom

The social-political space of modernity.

Matter

Escape from Freedom

The embodied modern individual.

Observer

Escape from Freedom

The modern individual confronting freedom-and-anxiety.

Energy

Escape from Freedom

Energies of freedom-and-escape mechanisms.

Information

Escape from Freedom

Foundational psychological-political analytical framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Escape from Freedom

Escape from Freedom foundational for psychological-political analysis of authoritarianism.