On Disobedience and other essays

On Disobedience and other essays

On Disobedience and other essays, published in 1981 by Harper & Row, is a book written by psychologist and social philosopher Erich Fromm (1900-1980). This book is a collection of four previously published essays.

  • Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem originally appeared in Clara Urquhart, A matter of Life, 1963
  • Prophets and Priest originally appeared in Ralph Schoenman,Bertrand Russell, Philosopher of the Century: Essays in His Honour, 1967
  • Let Man Prevail and Humanist Socialism originally appeared in Erich Fromm, Let Man Prevail: A Socialist Manifesto and Program, 1960

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