To Have or To Be?

Name: To Have or To Be?
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Erich Fromm
ISBN: 9798350827583

Author: Erich Fromm

Narrator: Adriel Brandt

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/19/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Social Science, Sociology

Synopsis

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.

About Erich Fromm

Erich Fromm was a German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kinga

To have or to be? Well, it’s simple really. To be, of course. To be rich! Now, jokes aside. I don’t normally read philosophical books because I share Lara's, from Doctor Zhivago, view on philosophy. She says: "I am not fond of philosophical essays. I think a little philosophy should be added to life......more

Goodreads review by فؤاد

مقدمه جایی (فکر کنم یکی از مقاله های ترجمان بود، متأسفانه فراموش کرده ام) نوشته بود که سبک زندگی غربی طی صد ساله اخیر، تغییری بنیادی کرده است. در اروپای قرن نوزدهم، اساس زندگی انسان غربی "زندگی برای دیگران" بود، یا زندگی برای نمودن. نمود این سبک زندگی، مرکزیت اتاق پذیرایی در خانه بود، اتاقی پر از تجم......more

Goodreads review by Hans

Absolutely brilliant book. It takes a lot for a book to move me, or present a new idea that totally affects my perceptions of reality. This book got right to core of a deep-seated culturally accepted norm that was so hard to see I didn't even realize it was there. I have been aware of others talking......more