To Have or To Be?To Have Or to Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Eric Fromm. His thesis is that two modes of existence struggle for the spirit of humankind: the having mode, which concentrates on material possessions, power, and aggression, and is the basis of the universal evils of greed, envy, and violence; and the being mode, which is based on love, the pleasure of sharing, and in productive activity. To Have Or to Be? is a brilliant program for socioeconomic change. |
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Page x
... thought. By acknowledging this frankly we shall restore science to the great family of human aspirations by which men hope to fulfill themselves in the world community as thinking and sentient beings. For our problem is to discover a ...
... thought. By acknowledging this frankly we shall restore science to the great family of human aspirations by which men hope to fulfill themselves in the world community as thinking and sentient beings. For our problem is to discover a ...
Page xii
... thought comparable to the basic assumption, among the ancient Greeks, of the sovereignty of reason; corresponding to the great effulgence of the moral conscience articulated by the hebrew prophets; analogous to the fundamental ...
... thought comparable to the basic assumption, among the ancient Greeks, of the sovereignty of reason; corresponding to the great effulgence of the moral conscience articulated by the hebrew prophets; analogous to the fundamental ...
Page xiii
... thought,” and constituting a never-ending challenge to man, emerging from the abyss of meaninglessness and suffering, to be renewed and replenished in the totality of his life. Justice itself, which has been “in a state of pilgrimage ...
... thought,” and constituting a never-ending challenge to man, emerging from the abyss of meaninglessness and suffering, to be renewed and replenished in the totality of his life. Justice itself, which has been “in a state of pilgrimage ...
Page xiv
... thought and belief, World Perspectives seeks to encourage a renaissance of hope in society and of pride in man's decision as to what his destiny will be. man has certainly contrived to change the environment, but subject to the new ...
... thought and belief, World Perspectives seeks to encourage a renaissance of hope in society and of pride in man's decision as to what his destiny will be. man has certainly contrived to change the environment, but subject to the new ...
Page xv
... thought which also include nonexclusive categories, the mind is then able to grasp what it was incapable of grasping or accepting before. nature operates out of necessity; there is no alternative in nature, no will, no freedom, no ...
... thought which also include nonexclusive categories, the mind is then able to grasp what it was incapable of grasping or accepting before. nature operates out of necessity; there is no alternative in nature, no will, no freedom, no ...
Contents
The Great Promise its Failure and New Alternatives | 1 |
Part I Understanding the Difference Between Having and Being | 11 |
Part II Analyzing the Fundamental Differences Between the Two Modes of Existence | 57 |
Part III The New Man and the New Society | 113 |
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achieve activity alienated alive attitude authority aware become behavior believe Blakney Buddhism bureaucratic century character structure Christian Club of rome concept Constantin stanislavski consumer consumption craving culture D. T. suzuki desire disobedience economic epicurus erich Fromm ethical experience expressed fact faith fascism fear feel Félix Guattari freedom Freud function give goal God’s greed hebrew hedonism hence hero human nature humanist ideas idol illusions individual industrial inner insight Jesus knowledge leaders living man’s marketing character marx marx’s master eckhart means mode of existence nations nontheistic object one’s oneself orientation participatory democracy passivity people’s person philosophical pleasure political possession principle problem production qualities Quint radical reality reason religion religious repressed rooted selfishness sense sexual shabbat social character society solidarity spinoza spirit Talmud things thinking Thomas aquinas thought truth understanding well-being word World Perspectives