The Anatomy Of Human Destructiveness
Author: Fromm, Erich
ISBN: 9780712674898
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 24 Oct 1997
Pages: 688
Format: Paperback / softback
What makes men kill? How can we explain man's lust for cruelty and destruction? This pioneering work provides the answers.
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.
ISBN: 9780712674898
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 24 Oct 1997
Pages: 688
Format: Paperback / softback
What makes men kill? How can we explain man's lust for cruelty and destruction? This pioneering work provides the answers.
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.
