To have or to be? /

By: Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013Description: 224 pISBN: 9781780936802 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Social psychology | SocietyDDC classification: 302 LOC classification: HM1033Summary: 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.
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Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1978.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.