Fromm, Erich
Fromm, Erich (1900–1980), a German-American psychoanalyst and author. He applied psychoanalytic theory to problems of culture and society. Fromm received a Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1922. After teaching for several years in Germany, he settled in the United States in 1934, becoming a citizen in 1940. Fromm taught at universities in the United States and at the National University of Mexico.
Fromm's works include Escape from Freedom (1941); The Sane Society (1955); The Art of Loving (1956); Sigmund Freud's Mission (1959); The Heart of Man (1964); You Shall Be As Gods (1966); The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (1973); To Have or To Be? (1976).