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Fromm’s Dialectic of Freedom and the Praxis of Being

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Reclaiming the Sane Society

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Positive freedom, according to Fromm’s definition, is the capacity for “spontaneous relationship to man and nature, a relationship that connects the individual with the world without eliminating his individuality” (1941, p. 29). Negative freedom according to Fromm exists in dialectical relationship to this as “freedom from” (1941, p. 34) external restraints that limit the exercise of free will.

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  1. University of Toledo, United States

    Vicki Dagostino

  2. Georgia Southern University, United States

    Robert Lake

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  1. Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran

    Seyed Javad Miri

  2. Georgia Southern University, USA

    Robert Lake

  3. The University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

    Tricia M. Kress

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Dagostino, V., Lake, R. (2014). Fromm’s Dialectic of Freedom and the Praxis of Being. In: Miri, S.J., Lake, R., Kress, T.M. (eds) Reclaiming the Sane Society. Imagination and Praxis. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-607-3_2

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