TY - BOOK AU - Fromm,Erich TI - To have or to be? SN - 9781780936802 (pbk.) : AV - HM1033 U1 - 302 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Academic KW - Social psychology KW - Society KW - eflch N1 - Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1978; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -