On Fromm's Personal Concept Of Liberty

The history of human society is constantly strive for freedom and liberation history. Individual,and human society has made people get rid of the shackles of the traditional.However, people fear of the future, so they give up freedom,They cling to the new authority to obtain temporary psychological sense of security. Fromm set up the thought of escape from freesom on the analysis of this psychological. He pointed out that the real freedom is of positive freedom and the pursuit of self-realization.Fromm suggests that freedom is a kind of attitude, is the ability to choose from among the possibilities.It’s a self-fulfilling opportunity.These views of Fromm are consistent with the meaning of individualism. Individualism emphasizes the importance of the individual,and individual is the foundation of freedom, Individualism is the basic theory of freedom. Fromm’s view of freedom is based on the individual’s view of freedom.Therefore,Fromm’s view of freedom is the freedom of individualism...