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The Art of Loving

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HarperCollins, Nov 21, 2006 - Self-Help - 184 pages

The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for love

Most people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. As with every art, love demands practice and concentration, as well as genuine insight and understanding.

In his classic work, The Art of Loving, renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm explores love in all its aspects—not only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, the love of God, and the love of parents for their children.

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User Review  - Mia - Goodreads

3.5 stars, to be more precise. An interesting book, bits and pieces of a lot of psych(oanalytical)-talk wrapped up in a comprehensive argument that really deals more with alienation in modern society ... Read full review

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User Review  - Katie - Goodreads

An interesting book examining how love is an active commitment to practice care, responsibility, respect, and understanding toward others (not just a loved object); how love is a decision, an attitude ... Read full review

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About the author (2006)

Erich Fromm (1900-1980) emigrated from Germany in 1934 to the United States, where he held a private psychotherapeutic practice and taught at Columbia, Yale, and New York University. His many books include The Art of Loving, Escape from Freedom, Man for Himself, and The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness.

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