Does Our Society Promote Insanity? | The Sane Society by Erich Fromm Part 2

Summary of The Sane Society by Erich Fromm.
The Sane Society is a work by the German psychologist Erich Fromm, published in 1955. Fromm was a Jewish German who fled Germany in 1934 to settle in the US. The work examines the psychological, social, and economic factors that contribute to the collective insanity that he believed to be prevalent in modern society and offers insights into how we can possibly obtain sanity and well-being.
00:00 Introduction
03:18 Consumerism/Materialism
08:43 Alienation
13:52 Five Human Needs
19:39 Conclusion
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"Being well adjusted to an insane world is not a good sign of mental wellbeing." -Krishnamurti

[@RedRosa]

One of the great thinkers of the 20th century!

[@JD..........]

The pursuit of efficiency will always lead to specialization and division of labor, which leads to feeling fragmented, not whole.

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Waiting for your final presentation of Eric Fromm with gratitude for your very fine voice tember... Suitable at the end of the journey, to be able to meditate more and more in an authentic individual way, those of your videos might be helpful to get out from the daily inertia as well 🌞

[@PhilosophyStudio]

Thank you for your support. The final part will be uploaded later in April!

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The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness

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Fabulous again. 👏 Where is the part 3, please?

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It will be up sometime this month! I promise.

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[@KennethSloan]

You don't have to be insane to live in this world, but it sure helps.

[@PhilosophyStudio]

Well said.