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The Anatomy Of Human Destructiveness

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In a world in which violence in every form seems to be increasing, Erich Fromm has treated this problem with deep perception in the most original and far-reaching work of his brilliant career. Fromm asks: what is there in the conditions of human existence to lead man to the orgies of destruction and violence in which he has indulged? By drawing on the findings of anthropology, palaeontogy, psychology and history; and including striking character analyses of Stalin, Hitler and Himmler, he shows how the failure to use our capacity for love and reason results in the development of the reverse: we wish to control life absolutely, or to destroy it.

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Weight 0.548 kg
Dimensions 2.8 × 13.8 × 21.6 cm
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Paperback
Language

Pages

688
Publisher

Year Published

1997-9-4
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0712674896
About The Author

Born in Frankfurt in 1900, Erich Fromm was educated at Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Munich, and the Berlin Institute of Psychoanalysis. He held various university appointments before becoming Professor of Psychiatry at New York in 1962. He retired to Muralto in Switzerland, where he died in 1980. Dr Fromm's books have been translated into many languages and among the best known are Escape from Freedom, Man for Himself, The Forgotten Language, The Sane Society, The Art of Loving, You Shall be as Gods, The Crisis of Psychoanalysis and To Have or To Be?
Review Quote

If any single book could bring mankind to its senses, this book might qualify for that miracle…It is the product of one of the most alert, the most penetrating and the most mature minds of our time
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A major work of argument and reflection on human aggression

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