What are the motifs in Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm?

Character and Capitalism are reoccurring ideas in the story. The most important factor guiding and diverting the development of individual and social character is the economic structure of a society, Fromm argues. This is because of a natural tendency among humans to define who we are by what we do. In other words, the nature of our work has a direct bearing on our individual character and psychology and inasmuch as our work is determined by our economic conditions, economic structure is central to a society's psychological character.