To have or to be? /
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TextPublication 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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| 301.01 .J471 2016 Grand Hotel Abyss : | 301.022 .N149 2016 Introducing sociology : | 301.092 .M272 2013 Return from the natives : | 302 .F932 1976 To have or to be? / | 302 .G396 2018 Rookie on love / | 302.302 .M847 2018 The teenage guide to life online / | 303.3 .N994 2011 The future of power / |
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.