To Have Or To Be?

To Have Or To Be?

by Erich Fromm
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Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre:Philosophy
Language: en
Published:September 06, 2005
ISBN13:9780826417381
ISBN10:0826417388

About the Book

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.