The Art of Being - Softcover

Erich Fromm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0094720908 ISBN 13: 9780094720909

Publisher: Constable and Company Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

This classic work by psychologist and social philosopher Eric Fromm builds upon his previous popular book To Have or to Be? The Art of Being teaches us to avoid the tantalizing illusions of our consumer-driven world by learning to function as a whole person from a state of inner completeness or being. The transition from an identity of having to being creates a state of enlightened psychological and spiritual happiness. Fromm observes that the modern person is less a self-reflective being than a composite of data promoted by the mass media, and he encourages us to pursue true self-awareness beyond simple political, ideological, and religious clichés. By learning to be centered in the self, the individual is less swayed by the endless pressures and dissatisfactions of the culture of consumerism.

About this title

About the Author:

ERICH FROMM (1900-1980) was an outstanding social scientist and author of bestsellers. He was also a practising psychoanalyst who applied his experience to the interpretation of social phenomena and reformulated Freud's basic insights into the unconcious of the individual and of society. Fromm's popular success rests principally on two later works, The Art of Loving and To Have or to Be, in which he urged readers to abandon the lure of materialism for meaningful love.

Review:

"Eric Fromm is both a psychologist of penetration and a writer of ability." --Chicago Tribune

About this edition

• Publisher: Constable and Company Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0094720908
• ISBN 13: 9780094720909
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176