Thomas More u Utopiji prikazuje zamišljeno savršeno društvo smješteno na izoliranom otoku, gdje vladajući principi harmonije, jednakosti i razuma nadilaze nesavršenosti tadašnjeg europskog društva.
In the book Healthy Society, Fromm tried to show that life in a democracy of the XX. century represents another type of escape from freedom. The analysis of this very escape, in which alienation is the central concept, forms a large part of this book.