Reclaiming the sane society :: essays on Erich Fromm's thought /

Erich Fromm's body of work, written more than 50 years ago, was prophetic of the contemporary moment: Increasingly, global society is threatened by the many-headed monster of corporate greed, neo-liberalism, nihilism, extreme fundamentalist beliefs, and their resulting effects on the natural wo...

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Weitere Verfasser: Miri, Seyed Javad (HerausgeberIn), Lake, Robert (Robert Lewis), 1951- (HerausgeberIn), Kress, Tricia M. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense, [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Imagination and praxis ; v. 2.
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Zusammenfassung:Erich Fromm's body of work, written more than 50 years ago, was prophetic of the contemporary moment: Increasingly, global society is threatened by the many-headed monster of corporate greed, neo-liberalism, nihilism, extreme fundamentalist beliefs, and their resulting effects on the natural world and the lived lives of people. Fromm clearly warned us of the peril of the misuse of technology and the destructive nature of mans perverse desire to possess, control and/or destroy. Through his theories of having vs. being, the importance of hope as active resistance, and his notion of freedom as the capacity to love self, and others, Fromm encouraged his readers to cultivate biophilic ways of being in the world that will counter and heal the impending necrophilic plunder of mans hubris. This multi-authored volume sheds new light on Fromms forgotten role in the formation of contemporary thought through an engaging variety of reflexive and historical narratives from fields of sociology, clinical psychology, political science, critical theory of religion and education. Key concepts from his body of work are interpreted and expressed in ways that offer hopeful and humane alternatives to the present global conditions of despair, greed and depersonalization.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxiv, 224 pages).
Bibliographie:Bibliographical references included in notes at end of each chapter.
ISBN:9789462096073
9462096074

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