The heart of Man, Erich Fromm

The heart of Man, Its genius for Good and Evil, Religious perspectives, Erich Fromm 

Dr Fromm examines those forces in man which show that love of death is pathological while love of life is normal. He illustrates his analysis of evil with many real examples including Stalin and Hitler. On the basis of his findings Dr Fromm discusses the individual's freedom to choose between love and hate and examines the forces in human nature which block the creative energies, twisting the instinct for good into fascination with evil.

The work opens new approaches to psychoanalytic theory and dynamic social psychology, enhancing the significance of many of Freud's discoveries by putting them in a new and wider frame of reference. Beyond that, it is a most timely contribution to the understanding of the current wave of violence and destructiveness. which has become an ever increasing threat to mankind's capacity for growth. Erich Fromm shows how man may escape from his greatest prison the destructive aspect of himself.

Details

1st Edition

• Hardcover with dust jacket
• ISBN: 9780710028631 
• Condition: Acceptable - Has notes on some pages
  
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul LTD