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On Being Human

Erich Fromm

Anyone attempting to identify the thread that runs through the writings of the late Erich Fromm (1900-1980) will soon discover an unequivocally humanistic worldview. This was Fromm's guiding principle. From the 1930s on it signified his break with the Institute for Social Research, and marked his disputes with Marcuse, Horkheimer, and Adorno. Fromm himself frequently refers in his writings to the humanistic aspect of man: humanistic science, humanistic socialism, humanistic religion, humanistic psychoanalysis. This posthumous volume includes writings from one of Fromm's most fertile periods, the 1960s, during the last twenty years of his life. They are based on lectures, works written for specific occasions, and manuscripts intended as books. Of special interest is the extended essay on two very difficult thinkers, Meister Eckhart and Karl Marx.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Continuum
  • Publish Date: Mar 1st, 1997
  • Pages: 180
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.28in - 5.50in - 0.41in - 0.48lb
  • EAN: 9780826410054
  • Categories: Psychiatry - GeneralGeneral

About the Author

Fromm, Erich: - Born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Erich Fromm (1900-1980) studied sociology and psychoanalysis. In 1933, he emigrated as a member of the Frankfurt School of social thinkers to the United States, moved to Mexico in 1950, and spent his twilight years between 1974 and 1980 in Switzerland. His books Fear of Freedom (1941) and The Art of Loving (1956) made him famous. Other well-known books are Marx's Concept of Man, Beyond the Chains of Illusion, and The Essential Fromm.

Praise for this book

"Fromm's large, keen mind and attractive, likable voice strive for heart as he asks himself the hardest questions of his day." Kirkus Reviews
"This splendid volume is a welcome addition to Fromm's published legacy. Instructive foreword by the editor; bibliography; index." Choice