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Fromm's classic work, author of "The Art of Love" and "Escape from Freedom" and one of the founders of "Psychoanalytic Sociology", is How a Gentleman with Faith Says "No". Whether mankind has a future and whether civilization will end depends on whether we have the ability to doubt, criticize and disobey. --Erich Fromm In the collection "On Disobedience", Erich Fromm clearly explained what "obedience" and "disobedience" really mean: obedience to human nature and the goals of a humane society, and disobedience to various idols and political ideologies. His discussion is still relevant today: he opposes blindly following conventions and takes a critical stance on the commonplace "bad knowledge". Fromm's insights, combined with the psychology gained from social and political phenomena, led him to support the American Socialist Party for a period of time, join the peace movement, and call for disarmament steps. In these activities, he practiced his disobedience to the "common sense" of various people and official political discourse. What he obeyed was a sane way of thinking, which was in line with the ideas held by prophets and philosophers such as Albert Schweitzer and Bertrand Russell.
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