To Have or To Be?From the legendary psychoanalyst who wrote The Art of Loving and Escape from Freedom: A profound critique of materialism in favor of living with meaning. Life in the modern age began when people no longer lived at the mercy of nature and instead took control of it. We planted crops so we didn’t have to forage, and produced planes, trains, and cars for transport. With televisions and computers, we don’t have to leave home to see the world. Somewhere in that process, the natural tendency of humankind went from one of being and of practicing our own human abilities and powers, to one of having by possessing objects and using tools that replace our own powers to think, feel, and act independently. Fromm argues that positive change—both social and economic—will come from being, loving, and sharing. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate. |
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... hence, unlimited consumption; that technique made us omnipotent; that science made us omniscient. We were on our way to becoming gods, supreme beings who could create a second world, using the natural world only as building blocks for ...
... hence, unlimited consumption; that technique made us omnipotent; that science made us omniscient. We were on our way to becoming gods, supreme beings who could create a second world, using the natural world only as building blocks for ...
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... hence , was subject to the values of humanistic ethics . Through a number of steps eighteenth - century capitalism underwent a radical change : economic behavior became separate from ethics and human values . Indeed , the economic ...
... hence , was subject to the values of humanistic ethics . Through a number of steps eighteenth - century capitalism underwent a radical change : economic behavior became separate from ethics and human values . Indeed , the economic ...
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... hence , not only the system but human nature itself fostered them . Societies in which egotism , selfishness , and greed did not exist were supposed to be " primitive , " their inhabitants “ childlike . " People refused to recognize ...
... hence , not only the system but human nature itself fostered them . Societies in which egotism , selfishness , and greed did not exist were supposed to be " primitive , " their inhabitants “ childlike . " People refused to recognize ...
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... hence, are not limited. The attitude inherent in consumerism is that of swallowing the whole world. The consumer is the eternal suckling crying for the bottle. This is obvious in pathological phenomena, such as alcoholism and drug ...
... hence, are not limited. The attitude inherent in consumerism is that of swallowing the whole world. The consumer is the eternal suckling crying for the bottle. This is obvious in pathological phenomena, such as alcoholism and drug ...
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