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Erich Fromm's insightful work on the modern human condition, and how to break free of its bondsIn the 1960s, renowned social psychologist Erich Fromm argued that people were becoming increasingly alienated. No longer were we dynamic, constantly creative beings. Instead, he observed, we were becoming fixated on things like television, while the specter of nuclear war remained a consistent worry. On Being Human gathers several ofFromm's writings on the ';New Humanism' he proposed. In addition, the book presents a most interesting chapter on ';Having' and ';Being' according to Master Eckhart and Karl Marx that originally was written to be included in To Have or To Be? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I have two complaints about this book which loomed large over everything that was good about it, though. The first is how incredibly vague it is. Fromm will talk for pages about alienation and give an interesting, thoughtful diagnosis of alienation in modern life; but then, when he comes to talk about the solutions, he switches suddenly from a somewhat detailed analysis to something that is almost syntactically null in its vagueness. The second is not unrelated, but it concerns his (seemingly) overly trusting attitude towards globalization. He speaks in grand terms about how the time when we'll be "one humanity" will be an age of empathy, and that we all have to get over tribalism (which he defines, again, only very vaguely -- is defending minority languages tribalism? what about independence movements for Tibet, Wales, etc.?) if we're going to make it there. That he didn't see how globalization was to expand hegemony rather than empathy makes me question his foresight in other ways, too.
The waters here are really murky, but there was enough to interest me that I do look forward to reading more of Fromm when I get the chance. ( )