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To Have or to Be?

Erich Fromm's thesis in this remarkable book is that two modes of existence are struggling for the spirit of humankind:

THE HAVING MODE,

which concentrates on material possession, acquisitiveness, power, and aggression and is the basis of such universal evils as greed, envy, and violence, and:

THE BEING MODE,

which is based on love, in the pleasure of sharing, and in meaningful and productive rather than wasteful activity.

Dr. Fromm sees the having mode bringing the world to the brink of psychological and ecological disaster, and he outlines a brilliant program for socioeconomic change that could really turn the world away from its catastrophic course.