Art of Loving: An Enquiry into the Nature of Love (World Perspectives Series) - Hardcover

Fromm, Erich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060113758 ISBN 13: 9780060113759

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1956

Synopsis

Fromm presents love as a skill that can be taught and developed. He rejects the idea of loving as something magical and mysterious that cannot be analyzed and explained, and is therefore skeptical about popular ideas such as "falling in love" or being helpless in the face of love.

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Review:

"Erich Fromm is both a psychologist of penetration and a writer of ability. His book is one of dignity and candor, of practicality and precision."--"Chicago Tribune"Every line is packed with common sense, compassion, and realism."--"Fortune

About the Author:

Erich Fromm was a renowned psycologist and social philosopher who emigrated in 1934 to the United States, where he held a private practice and taught at Columbia, Yale, and New York University.His other books include Escape from Freedom, Man for Himself, The Heart of Man, and The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1956
• ISBN 10: 0060113758
• ISBN 13: 9780060113759
• Binding: Hardcover