Wege aus einer kranken Gesellschaft

"The questions, not the answers, define the essence of man." Erich Fromm "To be happy means to constantly consume newer and better goods, to indulge in music, films, pleasures, sex, alcohol, and cigarettes... Everyone is 'happy' – yet they feel nothing, can no longer think rationally, and can no longer love." This sobering diagnosis of the "patient" society from the middle of the last century could also serve as an assessment of today's times. In his socio-psychological study, Erich Fromm critically examines Western consumer society and identifies the alienation of man from himself and his products as the root of an increasingly severe mental illness. However, there are also paths to recovery, which Fromm concretizes in his proposals for economic, political, and cultural renewal.