| Essential Fromm: Life Between Having and Being Contributor(s): Fromm, Erich (Author), Funk, Rainer (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826411339 ISBN-13: 9780826411334 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: Why is it so difficult to break away from the kind of existence that is based on having -- gluttonous, conspicuous consumption -- versus a life that is truly enlightened and satisfying? Many unconscious factors come into play when individuals, even a whole society, stray into a superficial and false way of life. As Erich Fromm puts it in this posthumous publication, ours is "a life between having and being." The alternative states of having and being, as basic orientations of our lives and character, were subjects Fromm confronted in To Have Or To Be? and The Art of Being (both available from Continuum). The present work complements these texts with unpublished lectures, interviews, and apercus to lift us out of a life of passivity into one of creative joy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Reference - Self-help | Personal Growth - General |
| Dewey: 158 |
| LCCN: 82042502 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.42" W x 8.24" (0.30 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fromm's essential writings, some never before published, in a compact volume. Selections include: Human Alienation, Origins of the Having Mode of Existence, To Have or to Be?, and Essentials of a Life Between Having and Being. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fromm, Erich: - Born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Erich Fromm (1900-1980) studied sociology and psychoanalysis. In 1933, he emigrated as a member of the Frankfurt School of social thinkers to the United States, moved to Mexico in 1950, and spent his twilight years between 1974 and 1980 in Switzerland. His books Fear of Freedom (1941) and The Art of Loving (1956) made him famous. Other well-known books are Marx's Concept of Man, Beyond the Chains of Illusion, and The Essential Fromm. |