Psychology of Adjustment

Running head : Psychology of Adjustment

Title : Erich Fromm 's Twofold Meaning of Human Freedom

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Erich Fromm 's Twofold Meaning of Human Freedom

Erich Fromm is a German psychologist explored human freedom . He wrote about the two folds of human freedom , which are , Freedom in history and Escaping freedom . In his work about the Freedom in History , Fromm argues that the people came to understand the real meaning of freedom in the 20th century . They thus fight to defend it . This is because it

brings a lot of joy to the people , therefore prompting them to devise ways of maintaining it . Through his work , he tries to explain the main cause leading to the fall of the previous social order . In addition , it has led to the rise of a new generation of independent beings who are fighting for direct high-quality future (Duffy Atwater , 2008 . This development makes them to have a feeling of not just fulfilling their socioeconomic role in the society , but also contemplating their future

Secondly , Fromm tries to explain the way the people are Escaping freedom through his suggestions that people are successively attempting to lessen negative effects although expanded thoughts and behaviors provide them with security . He explains three forms of escaping freedom whereby he suggests that the dictatorial personality contains a sad and masochist element which gains control over the other people . Such control imposes order in the world . This situation leads to the development of a destructive personality which...