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Vlastislava Žihlová

    The Art of Being
    To have or to be?
    Escape from Freedom
    • 1994
    • 1993
    • 1992

      To have or to be?

      • 190 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      4.3(6145)Add rating

      " ... A manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Erich 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"--Page [4] of cover

      To have or to be?