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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... Mode? The Acquisitive Society—Basis for the Having Mode The Nature of Having Other Factors Supporting the Having Mode The Having Mode and the Anal Character Asceticism and Equality Existential Having V. What Is the Being Mode? Being ...
... Mode? The Acquisitive Society—Basis for the Having Mode The Nature of Having Other Factors Supporting the Having Mode The Having Mode and the Anal Character Asceticism and Equality Existential Having V. What Is the Being Mode? Being ...
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... modes of existence. I recommend the books by Marcel and Staehelin to readers who are sufficiently interested in the topic. (I did not know of the existence of a published English translation of Marcel's book until recently and read it ...
... modes of existence. I recommend the books by Marcel and Staehelin to readers who are sufficiently interested in the topic. (I did not know of the existence of a published English translation of Marcel's book until recently and read it ...
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... modes of existence : the mode of having and the mode of being . In the opening chapter I present some " first glance " observations concerning the difference between the two modes . The second chapter demonstrates the difference , using ...
... modes of existence : the mode of having and the mode of being . In the opening chapter I present some " first glance " observations concerning the difference between the two modes . The second chapter demonstrates the difference , using ...
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... modes of existence in which I attempt to build theoretical conclusions on the basis of the empirical data. While up to this point the book mainly concerns the individual aspects of the two basic modes of existence, the final chapters ...
... modes of existence in which I attempt to build theoretical conclusions on the basis of the empirical data. While up to this point the book mainly concerns the individual aspects of the two basic modes of existence, the final chapters ...
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... modes of experience, the respective strengths of which determine the differences between the characters of individuals and various types of social character. Examples. in. Various. Poetic. Expressions. As an introduction to understanding ...
... modes of experience, the respective strengths of which determine the differences between the characters of individuals and various types of social character. Examples. in. Various. Poetic. Expressions. As an introduction to understanding ...
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activity alienated alive Aquinas attitude authority become behavior Blakney bureaucratic capitalism century character structure Christian Cloud of Unknowing Club of Rome concept consumer consumption craving culture desire disobedience E. F. Schumacher economic Epicurus ERICH ERICH ERICH FROMM Escape from Freedom ethical experience expressed faith fascism fear feel freedom Freud FROMM FROMM function give goal God’s greed hedonism hence human nature humanistic idea idol illusions individuals industrial inner interest Jesus knowledge leaders living marketing character Marx Marx's Master Eckhart means mode of existence object one’s oneself orientation passivity people’s person philosophical pleasure political possession problem production psychoanalytic qualities radical rational reality religion religious representatives rooted selfishness sense sexual Shabbat social character socialist society solidarity Spinoza spirit Talmud things thinking Thomas Aquinas thought translation truth understand Verlag well-being word York Zen Buddhism