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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.>
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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. >
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This book will change your attitude on life,
By IR (Estonia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: To Have or To Be? (Paperback)
I've read the book twice in last year and highly recommend it. The BEING part is basically a description of the world today. Economy is booming, people are having more and more and very few are focusing on being. A very interesting part of the book is Analysis of Being and Having in different religions. The final part where Fromm points out a way to change the society so it would be concentrated on being and WELL-BEING is actually quite utopian, but the value of this book is that it shows how being and having affect our live and how we could change our life. To save the world, the big changes have to start from the level of individuals.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A Powerful Spiritual Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: To Have or To Be? (Paperback)
I have already read twice this book in the past three years and consider re-reading it again soon. It has become part of me; everyday I remember key sentences from the book which help me make sense of my own life, attitudes, and ideas. Two notions (a) the "being" way of life as opposed to "having", and (b) "matter is in constant flux" help me let go, relieving me of my attachment to things material. Paradoxically, they also give me the courage to experience life in a more proactive way, and to accept and appreciate life as it is without trying to force events. It's a truly spiritual and healing book.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
What every Capitalist should read,
This review is from: To Have or To Be? (Paperback)
This is a great book demonstrating how western civilization has slowly become less interested in becoming acutalized humans but more concerned with amassing items. This has carried over into our language where we have been creating nouns or "objectifying" human actions or processess such as love, health, and knowledge. Through externalization and objectification of what are essentially fluid states, we remove ourselves from the process of living, our divine human nature, and in effect are slaves to possession (idoltry). I would suggest that it is the previous reviewer who is missing the point. Perhaps he didn't catch the significance between people who read to possess knowledge and those incorporating and applying knowledge to make it a living process. There are no easy answers. One has to make change happen.
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