Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET December 2019 Political Science
Who is the author of the book 'Escape from Freedom'?
AHerbert Marcuse
BErich Fromm ✓ Correct
CJurgen Habermas
DThomas Friedman
Answer: B
Explanation
★The author of Escape from Freedom is Erich Fromm.
★Published in 1941, the book asks why people flee the burden of freedom into submission and authority.
★Fromm used it to explain the psychological roots of the appeal of Nazism and authoritarianism.
★A German social psychologist and psychoanalyst, he linked Marxist and Freudian insights.
★He is associated with the Frankfurt School's critical approach to modern society.
★So Erich Fromm is the correct answer.
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