<P> Although Isaiah Berlin 's essay `` Two Concepts of Liberty '' ( 1958 ) is typically acknowledged as the first to explicitly draw the distinction between positive and negative liberty , Frankfurt School psychoanalyst and Marxist humanistic philosopher Erich Fromm drew a similar distinction between negative and positive freedom in The Fear of Freedom ( 1941 ) , predating Berlin 's essay by more than a decade . </P>
<P> Although Isaiah Berlin 's essay `` Two Concepts of Liberty '' ( 1958 ) is typically acknowledged as the first to explicitly draw the distinction between positive and negative liberty , Frankfurt School psychoanalyst and Marxist humanistic philosopher Erich Fromm drew a similar distinction between negative and positive freedom in The Fear of Freedom ( 1941 ) , predating Berlin 's essay by more than a decade . </P>
who has given the concept of positive liberty
who has given the concept of positive liberty
Marxist humanistic philosopher Erich Fromm
Marxist humanistic philosopher Erich Fromm