FTP, name this 1941 book which attempts to understand the appeal of totalitarianism, a work by Erich Fromm.
In the appendix to this book, "Character and the Social Process," the author rejects the psychologistic, economistic, and idealistic trends of interpretation, instead claiming that culture is "rooted in the social character." Earlier chapters argue that the collapse of medieval society was threatening to the middle class, which resulted in a feeling of isolation and doubt that made Protestantism attractive. The book also considers the "psychology of Nazism" and authoritarianism, destructiveness, and "automaton conformity" as three "mechanisms" of the titular activity. FTP, name this 1941 book which attempts to understand the appeal of totalitarianism, a work by Erich Fromm.
In the appendix to this book, "Character and the Social Process," the author rejects the psychologistic, economistic, and idealistic trends of interpretation, instead claiming that culture is "rooted in the social character."
{Escape from Freedom}