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The Art of Loving

Erich Fromm

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English
Thorsons
01 October 1995
The author sees love as the ultimate need and desire of all human beings. In this book he discusses every aspect of the subject: romantic love, the love of parents for children, brotherly love, erotoc love, self love and the love of God. He looks at the theory of love as it appears throughout the cultures of the world and at the practice, how we show or fail to show love for one another. Love is an art which we need to develop and practice in order to find true contentment. We need to find it individually as well as a society as a whole.

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Imprint:   Thorsons
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 135mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   130g
ISBN:   9781855385054
ISBN 10:   1855385058
Pages:   112
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Erich Fromm is one of the major figures in the field of psychoanalysis. He devoted himself to consultant psychology and theoretical investigation for many years.

Reviews for The Art of Loving

A minor opus from a major name comes under the World Perspectives imprint dedicated to exploration of values suitable to a world age. Dr. Fromm feels that love is the only provision for a sane and satisfying human existence, but his study points up the error in popular conception of the term and the misdirection of a society which upholds the error. Concerned with the ability or capacity of an individual to love, he claims that the romantic conception emphasizes the object rather than the faculty of love - and a market culture exploits people as commodities where people unconsciously bargain for human goods. Placing various attempts at union (the social origins of groups, - transitory , herd conformity- pseudo, creative activity - impersonal), he sees love, interpersonal union, as a fusion with integrity compounded of care, responsibility, respect, knowledge, in which giving is the expression of strength and source of mature joy. His theme runs through the rainbow of love objects - self, God, fraternal, maternal and paternal and erotic. The advice given on the practice of the art and the gloomy conclusion that our society squelchesall but the exceptional may serve to counterbalance the discouraging aspect of ideal demands. (Kirkus Reviews)


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