A widely influential work from one of the last century's most important thinkers, this is a profound attack on the materialism of contemporary society.
Klappentext
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.
Biografie
Erich Fromm, Psychoanalytiker und Sozialphilosoph, wurde am 23. März 1900 in Frankfurt am Main geboren. Nach seiner Promotion in Soziologie 1922 in Heidelberg kam er mit der Psychoanalyse Sigmund Freuds in Berührung und wurde Psychoanalytiker. 1933 emigrierte er in die USA, wo er an verschiedenen Instituten lehrte, und anschließend, von 1950 bis 1974, an der Universität von Mexiko City unterrichtete. Er starb 1980 in Locarno in der Schweiz.
