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Title: The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm ISBN: 0-06-095828-6 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (44 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: a book for a whole life
Comment: Here is a book about various kinds of love (between persons only) taking the old, but to me still valid stance of the world as the union of opposites (contemporary homosexual culture, for example, challenges it to some extent, as Fromm points out). I read it after having come separately to very similar conclusions, so for me it mainly systematized clearly a series of ideas. But given its convincing insightfulness and its accessible, although by no means simple, and highly theoretical, approach to the topic, I can imagine its impact on people who have not come close to its ideas by themselves but are in fact searching for them. It is an utterly heuristic book. Fromm has the rare faculty of going straight and quickly to the core of the problems, without many words. I found however a few oversimplifications in some details. For example, by far not all Western philosophy is based on Aristotelian logic or is Western religion just a "thought" (i.e. logical thinking) experience. I am not convinced by his survey of the religion evolution of man. Fromm dismisses the techniques of good marriage preached by modern therapists, but isn't it them we see at work in truly loving couples? He means not to use them without feelings, but I think the form (the technique) may create the content (the feelings), and not only the other way around -- or, better to say, the form and the content continuously interact. Finally, I am not sure, but I think he implies true erotic love should last forever, and I am not sure this is the case. Fromm does not discuss the both conditional and unconditional character of erotic love, which includes aspects of all other types of love, without being their sum. These are however details and do not diminish the powerful discourse of the book. A more serious shortcoming is, I think, the fact the Fromm does not discuss the very important relation between thought and action in the learning and practice of love. Isn't thought a form of action as well? He stresses the insufficiency of the "right thought" (logical conclusion), but then he speaks of the necessity of "reason" (the faculty of thinking objectively) and of theoretical knowledge (of which the book itself is a proof). How are thinking (objectively, but not simply logically) and action related to each other? I would have liked to read more about this, especially because thinking tends to be poorly appreciated when we come to the discussion of emotions or feelings. In any case, a book to love.
Rating: 5
Summary: influential and inspirational
Comment: This book expressed may feelings about true spirituality.Being 31,it was an eye opener to realize that in 1956,the year the book was published,our cuntry had essentialy the same socio-spiritual problems as 1999.Fromm writes about love being an action instead of a theory that requires discipline,concentration,and patience,traits that are challenging to pursue in our capitalistic culture.Furthermore,the book explains that our society is trapped by a need for instant gratification which creates long term suffering.Fromm believe's that love is the only valid remedy for our socitie's inner suffering and he expains how love is an art requiring effort and care.I very much agreed with Fromm,with his belief in mysticism transcending religions and putting love into actual practice.After reading this book,it confirmed my belief that whether we are Christian,jewish,MUslim or any "ism",there is one Creator and as the bible states"faith without works is dead".This book gave me hope that if we at least try to follow through on the principles of love,the world will be a better place because as the book expressed,we are all one human race in the Creator's eyes.I recomend this book to anyone wishing to gain knowledge into being a better person and understing our journey on Earth more.
Rating: 5
Summary: As far as I'm concerned...
Comment: This is one of the most enlightening books of all time.
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Title: Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm ISBN: 0805031499 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: To Have or to Be? by Erich Fromm ISBN: 0826409121 Publisher: Continuum Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Art of Listening by Erich Fromm ISBN: 0826411320 Publisher: Continuum Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm ISBN: 080501604X Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Sane Society by Erich Fromm ISBN: 0805014020 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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