How to be Truly Free | Escape From Freedom by Erich Fromm Part 2

Summary of Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm. This is part 2 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
1:10 Psychology of Nazism
07:08 Thoughts on how to be free
10:17 Final Thoughts
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[@rogerpitcher2636]

This last thought is why Jean Arthur loved this man, it explained her oddness.

[@williambuysse5459]

Spinoza plus Freud equals Fromm who was a non-theistic mystic. He himself offers great insight into the negative effects of what Leo Straus called the first wave of modernity. I believe, however, that his attraction to Spinoza makes him more captive to the second wave of modernity which begins with Rousseau. Modernity osscilates between glory and violence and peace and compassion because it has prioritized human freedom but not the Truth which truly sets free.

[@xhaninapajovi]

Thank you for the amazing series on the book! Great work!

[@PhilosophyStudio]

Thank you for the support

[@soundstheatre]

There are so many things about Fromm that renders him so relevant in world today. His political and sociological vision was so clear that the west had no option but to succumb to it. How I wish many of my young western friends would take him seriously again. Thank you for this wonderful series on Fromm's Escape from freedom. Took me to 10 years ago when I was reading through Fromm's books and this book only had remained unread...

[@PhilosophyStudio]

Thank you for your support. I 100% agree that Fromm’s works are very relevant today. More Fromm videos coming later this year.

[@yizhichen4915]

This is very inspiring and helpful. Thank you!

[@PhilosophyStudio]

Appreciate the kind words. Thank you for watching!

[@helsinker4508]

Incredible video! Thank you for your hard work

[@PhilosophyStudio]

Thank you for your kind words and support.

[@lexsodz]

Amazing conclusion to the 2 part series. I really enjoyed the selection of video clips and particularly the ending where you shared the quotes on love, work and spontaneity.

[@PhilosophyStudio]

Thank you for watching. More Erich Fromm videos coming in the future

[@Tang586]

I've thoroughly enjoyed both of your videos on this masterpiece, thank you. What spontaneity really is still confounds me. In love, is it a reflection of values that have taken hold in our subconscious? That is, we see ourselves in the person towards whom we're having a spontaneous loving feeling, and we're connecting with our inner selves and others at the same time. Through work, we are expressing our values and the way we think things ought to be but because this has an impact on society, we're inextricably linked and no more isolated? Spontaneity to me seems like an idea that haven't been thought through but this just happens to be the exact reason why it's truly authentic. Keen to hear what everyone else thinks

[@soundstheatre]

Thank you for the nice comment. I think this part of Fromm's thoughts, was just an intuition he could not completely explain. And so true of an intuition it was. As a composer, I can only testify to my experience: spontaneity is an ideal. a thing that one thrives to achieve through a long journey of self-analysis, and the analysis of the world around you, through craftsmanship and an appreciation of the spirit of time (Zeitgeist). Therefore it is not only love as the projection of the inner workings of your subconscious/collective spirit/ relational bondings etc etc. but also a result of appreciation of the matter (nature) and the style (history). Therefore on the one hand, let's say Van Gogh cuts off his ear in a moment of spontaneous act of love, which later proves (I assume) to be a harmful one, but leads to the creation of a masterpiece, and that had it not been thanks to his craft and appreciation of the matter would lead to a mere act of self destruction (something that Fromm would have identified as a mechanism of escape from freedom, loneliness, etc. Therefore it is not so simple to talk about spontaneity and offer it as a means to arrive at true freedom and the conquest of solitude etc. etc. It is a question of a lifetime journey within and without. The quest for what is true, original, (however unrealistic it may seem to be in today's world) and be proven wrong time and time again until some degree of satisfaction is attained... perhaps "Saudade" is the best word to describe the realisation of the impossibility of "the pure"... that sweat-sour moment of realising that the great beauty is not attainable, but I am deep down content that I did my best! And the show must go on!!!

[@mysnackr]

I think Fromm's 'spontaneous activity' is a continuation of a similar thread found in some enlightenment thinkers and also early anarchists. The idea of free, creative activity in one's work and in one's life in general, as opposed to activity done within a role of bondage/servitude for a master. See Noam Chomsky's 1970 lecture "Government in the Future" where he reviews these enlightenment concepts in depth and cites the authors. Fromm's comments here strike me as in the very same spirit.

[@minajafarpoor1816]

Thank you!

[@PhilosophyStudio]

Thank you for watching !

[@AnthonyStJohn1]

The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness

[@masterofcoin7975]

Ok sooo my mind is completely blown

[@PhilosophyStudio]

Thank you for watching

[@masterofcoin7975]

@@PhilosophyStudio what’s the music at the end btw?

[@PhilosophyStudio]

All of the music in the videos are original music made by the channel.

[@robertburatt5981]

Think about the types now wide-spread throughout america cutting into every socioeconomic class; narcissistic, exploitative, necropholous and market type (which in american society is the "soil" for the necropholous type). How can even the possibility for a true democracy ever emergence from these destructive types???

[@clemfarley7257]

I like the way he posits escaping nihilism by advocating therapy and getting a bit tougher. Nietzsche’s problem solved by a little Continental Frankfurt School thinking. Get rid of capitalism and Puritanism. Wow, I wonder why Nietzsche and his heir Heidegger never knew it could be this easy.

[@josephtein3835]

"Woman" and "Women" exist also ...all of humanity doesn't fit inside the term "Man."

[@williambuysse5459]

Wokeism certainly fits this 10% criteria, especially if it can successfully convince Americans of MAGA fascism. Trump looks like a Mussolini character and most get their impressions via visual electronic media.