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The acclaimed social psychologist and New York Times -bestselling author of The Art of Loving discusses the nature of evil and humanity's capacity for it. Originally published in 1964, The Heart of Man was influenced by turbulent times. Average Americans were suffering from different forms of evil, including a rise in juvenile delinquency. On a grander scale, the threat of nuclear war loomed over the nation, and President John F.Kennedy had been assassinated. What could drive humanity to do show more things such as these? In The Heart of Man, renowned humanist philosopher and psychoanalyst Erich Fromm investigates man's capacity to destroy, his narcissism, and his incestuous fixation. He expands upon ideas he presented in Escape from Freedom, Man for Himself, and The Art of Loving, and examines the essence of evil, as well as the choice between good and evil. He also explores man's ability to destroy and further considers freedom, aggression, destructiveness, and violence. " The Heart of Man questions human nature itself, from the forms of violence that plague it to individual and social narcissism to how the positive value of "love of life" can potentially outweigh the destructive "syndrome of decay" caused by the love of death and other harmful tendencies of thought." - Midwest Book Review show lessTags
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"The Heart of Man" questions human nature itself, from the forms of violence that plague it to individual and social narcissism to how the positive value of "love of life" can potentially outweigh the destructive "syndrome of decay" caused by the love of death and other harmful tendencies of thought. This book is timely, directly relevant to modern psychological and social issues, and bring absolutely invaluable humanist messages to temper psychology's scientific and healing discipline.
Libro fantastico, scritto in modo chiaro e alla portata di tutti. Lo consiglio vivamente per la lucidità con cui analizza le pulsioni umane che possono andare, secondo Fromm o verso la vita-creazione, o verso la morte-distruzione. A ognuno di noi la scelta, ogni giorno...
El corazón del hombre abre nuevas puertas a la teoría psicoanalítica y a la psicología social dinámica, afrontando la significación de muchos de los descubrimientos de Freud, al colocarlos en un marco de referencia nuevo y más amplio. Además, es una contribución actual a la comprensión de la onda de violencia y de destrucción que se ha convertido cada vez más en una amenaza para la capacidad de crecimiento de la humanidad. Fromm muestra cómo puede escapar el hombre de su cárcel mayor, el aspecto destructivo de sí mismo.
De Erich Fromm el FCE ha publicado los siguientes títulos: 'La misión de Sigmund Freud', 'Psicoanálisis de la sociedad contemporánea','’Tener o ser', 'Ética del psicoanálisis', 'Marx y su concepto show more del hombre', y en colaboración, 'Sociopsicoanálisis del campesino mexicano' y 'Budismo zen y psicoanálisis'. show less
De Erich Fromm el FCE ha publicado los siguientes títulos: 'La misión de Sigmund Freud', 'Psicoanálisis de la sociedad contemporánea','’Tener o ser', 'Ética del psicoanálisis', 'Marx y su concepto show more del hombre', y en colaboración, 'Sociopsicoanálisis del campesino mexicano' y 'Budismo zen y psicoanálisis'. show less
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Psychologist and philosopher Erich Fromm was born in Frankfurt, Germany on March 23, 1900. He received a Ph.D in sociology from the University of Heidelberg in 1922 and finished his psychoanalytical training at the Psychoanalytical Institute in Berlin in 1930. He started his own clinical practice and joined the Frankfurt Institute for Social show more Research. In 1934, he moved to New York and became a professor at Columbia University. In 1950, he moved to Mexico City and became a professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, where he created a psychoanalytic section at the medical school. He retired from there in 1965 and moved to Muralto, Switzerland in 1974. Throughout his life, Fromm maintained a clinical practice and wrote books. His writings were notable for both their social and political commentary and their philosophical and psychological underpinnings. He became known for linking human personality types with socioeconomic and political structures. His most popular book, The Art of Loving, was first published in 1956 and became an international bestseller. He died on March 18, 1980. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good and Evil
- Original publication date
- 1964
- First words
- There are many who believe that men are sheep; there are others who believe that men are wolves.
- Original language
- English
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