Erich Fromm's Social Philosophy

Khoa Ngoc Vo Nguyen

Abstract

Erich Fromm is a philosopher and a psychologist. He has many good ideas about religion, ethics, people and society,... in which the problem that he always worries about and worries about is about people and society. Fromm criticizes modern society for creating individuals who are corrupted and lose their humanity. He believes that society needs to change to create better living conditions, helping people develop more comprehensively and happily. Therefore, he has ideas to build a new society - a society full of humanity and happiness for everyone.

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Authors

Khoa Ngoc Vo Nguyen
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“Erich Fromm’s Social Philosophy”, Soc. sci. humanities j., vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 5985–5990, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.18535/sshj.v8i12.1505.