Marx's Concept of Man Author:Erich Fromm Karl Marx as a philosopher of humanism and individual fulfillment is not the Marx known to most of the Western World. Against the widely accepted picture of Marx as the rigid dogmatist of class warfare, the stern hero of Soviet totalitarianism, this thought-provoking books sets a striking new image. Here are some of its themes: Marx's philoso... more »phy as "spiritual existentialism" in secular language. The real nature of historical materialism. Socialism as a protest against the dehumanization and automation of man in industrial society--in Russia and China as well as the West.« less