On being human / Erich Fromm ; edited and with a foreword by Rainer Funk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980, author.

Contributor:

Funk, Rainer, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanistic psychology.

Humanism--History--20th century.

Humanism.

Social psychology.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Erich Fromm's insightful work on the modern human condition, and how to break free of its bondsIn the 1960s, renowned social psychologist Erich Fromm argued that people were becoming increasingly alienated. No longer were we dynamic, constantly creative beings. Instead, he observed, we were becoming fixated on things like television, while the specter of nuclear war remained a consistent worry. On Being Human gathers several ofFromm's writings on the ';New Humanism' he proposed. In addition, the book presents a most interesting chapter on ';Having' and ';Being' according to Master Eckhart and Karl Marx that originally was written to be included in To Have or To Be? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Editor's Foreword

I. The Humanistic Alternative

1. Modern Man and the Future

Stages in the Development of Western Man

Alienation as a Disease of Modern Man

Indifference as a New Manifestation of Evil

The Alternative: A Renaissance of Humanism

2. The Psychological Problem of Man in Modern Society

3. What I Do Not Like in Contemporary Society

4. The Disintegration of Societies

The Nature of Systems

On Disintegration of Social Systems

Disintegration or Reintegration of Contemporary Technological Society

5. The Search for a Humanistic Alternative

Where Are We Moving to?

The Conditions for a Humanist Activist Alternative

The Necessity for an Alternative Movement

6. A New Humanism as a Condition for the One World

The History of the Idea of Humanism

The Relevance of Humanism for Today

II. Humanistic Initiatives and Confessions

7. The Idea of a World Conference

8. Campaign for Eugene McCarthy

9. On the Common Struggle against Idolatry

10. Some Beliefs of Man, in Man, for Man

11. Remarks on the Relations between Germans and Jews

III. Meister Eckhart and Karl Marx on Having and Being

Introduction

12. Meister Eckhart

On the Understanding of His Ideas

On Having and Being

The Sermon on Poverty

13. Karl Marx: The "Religious" Interests of Marx

Excursus: Religion and the Concept of God

Humanism as Secular Messianism

Having and Being, According to Marx

14. The Common "Religious" Concern

The Tradition of Mysticism

Atheistic Religiosity

Bibliography

Index

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Copyright.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 20, 2020).

ISBN:

9781480401990

1480401994

OCLC:

892798725