> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Erich Fromm > Reference:: The Sane Society > Date:: 1955 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Psychological value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft improves well-being]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Well being is based on the experience of our productive powers. ### Highlights In his widely read classic *The Sane Society* (1955), Erich Fromm (1900–1980) built on the insights of Karl Marx to develop a precise reading of the psychological landscape in a capitalist system. A healthy society furthers man’s capacity to love his fellow men, to work creatively, to develop his reason and objectivity, to have a sense of self which is based on the experience of his own productive powers.