| The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good and Evil Revised Edition Contributor(s): Fromm, Erich (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590561864 ISBN-13: 9781590561867 Publisher: American Mental Health Foundation OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Physiology - Psychology | Mental Health - Religion |
| Dewey: 216 |
| LCCN: 2010018504 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.8" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Heart of Man questions human nature itself, from the forms of violence that plague it to individual and social narcissism to how the positive value of love of life can potentially outweigh the destructive syndrome of decay caused by the love of death and other harmful tendencies of thought. The American Mental Health Foundation's Fromm titles] are timely, directly relevant to modern psychological and social issues, and bring absolutely invaluable humanist messages to temper psychology's scientific and healing discipline. Highly recommended, especially for college library collections. --Midwest Book Review Fromm's follow-up to Escape from Freedom and The Art of Loving is a keen study of violence on a small scale leading to the specter of mass destruction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fromm, Erich: - Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was associated with what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory. His best known work, Escape from Freedom (1941), focuses on the human urge to seek a source of authority and control upon reaching a freedom that was thought to be an individual's true desire. Fromm's critique of the modern political order and capitalist system led him to seek insights from medieval feudalism. His many works (in English) include Psychoanalysis and Religion (1950); The Art of Loving (1956); and On Being Human (1997). |