Erich Fromm on Capitalism and Alienation

„Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated ... what is the outcome? Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow man and from nature.“

Erich FrommErich Fromm on capitalism, standardized desires, and modern humanity’s alienation from itself, others, and nature.
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Erich Fromm was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher known for his humanistic approach to psychology and society.

Erich Fromm critiques human alienation under modern capitalism and the influence of standardized consumer desires.


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Erich Fromm (1900–1980) was a prominent social psychologist and psychoanalyst who explored the links between society, freedom, and human nature. His works center on themes of freedom, social psychology, and humanism.

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"Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life forces as an investment which must bring him the maximum profit obtainable under existing market conditions." Erich Fromm
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"Alienation as we find it in modern society is almost total… Man has created a world of man-made things as it never existed before. He has constructed a complicated social machine to administer the technical machine he built. The more powerful and gigantic the forces are which he unleashes, the more powerless he feels himself as a human being. He is owned by his creations, and has lost ownership of himself." Erich Fromm
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"A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is established, nobody wants to be an outsider, or indeed an outcast; in order to avoid this risk everybody adapts to the majority, who have in common only their mutual antagonism." Erich Fromm
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"The purpose of commercial [media] is to induce mass sales. For mass sales there must be a mass norm … By suppressing the individual, the unique, the industry … assures itself a standard product for mass consumption." John Whiting
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