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The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
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The Art of Loving (original 1956; edition 2006)

by Erich Fromm

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Every Fromm title is a masterpiece. This small book is an insight into the psychology of interpersonal relations, that, is relevant to all of us. To look at love as an art, to understand the dynamic of relations, Fromm takes us through amazing insight about marriage, self-love, love for your children and what hard work it is. ( )
1 vote yarnspinner | Oct 8, 2007 |
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Dosta netačnih teza i mišljenja, međutim kritike su na mestu (ili su mi se lično dopale).
Brzo se pročita, pa mi nije žao vremena.
Možda se neka od ideja pokaže korisna u budućnosti.
  0u715 | Jan 27, 2023 |
Dated in places but still an important book on the nature of love. ( )
  Acia | Jul 24, 2022 |
The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm

I personally enjoyed this little book, it covers various concepts of love, (brotherly, eros, familial etc,) the drive for love, the unconditional love given by a mother, the masculine connection also the self love, Love that is developed, facilitated, sexual gratification, drug use seeking pleasure, tracing back to God, how love ought to be developed, the social aspect and developmental aspect. ( )
  DrT | Jan 31, 2022 |
A është vërtet dashuria art? Në qoftë se po, atëherë ajo kërkon punë dhe dijeni. Nëse ajo nuk është gjë tjetër veçse një ndjesi e këndshme, përjetimi i së cilës është diçka e rastësishme, një gjendje që e provoni po t'ju ecë fati, atëherë puna ndryshon. Ky libërth bazohet mbi këtë hipotezë, ndërsa shumica e njerëzve sot besojnë pa dyshim ndryshe.
  BibliotekaFeniks | Dec 6, 2021 |
Lido - bom ( )
  Correaf | Jul 8, 2021 |
Has some interesting parts, but this book was written in the 1950s, so couple of chapters was about religion oriented, also some shit about gay people.
Overall not bad. ( )
  Alevis | May 17, 2020 |
Επετειακή έκδοση για τα 50 χρόνια του βιβλίου με πληροφορίες για το έργο και τη ζωή του συγγραφέα ( )
  maria21gr | May 12, 2020 |
ENGLISH: How many broken hearts, how many separations, how many divorces saved if books like this had been read. It's a non-fiction classic about love, written by psychologist Erich Fromm in 1956. The book has survived its author, it doesn't go out of style and is more necessary than ever. It makes a very successful analysis of the evils of this society and its lack of values. A wisdom that goes against the current world.

The book distinguishes mere falling in love with true love. It describes wrong or incomplete ways of loving. It develops the qualities that the mature person must have. It does it from psychology, in a clear and pleasant way. It brings out very interesting examples and biblical references. It gives practical examples to assimilate these skills. Terms such as: faith, courage, hope, concentration, effort, work, vitality, image of the other, nuclei, narcissism, giving, gratitude, care, respect, responsibility, objectivity, reality, knowledge - are treated.

We are talking about a renegade Jew of his faith. Clearly influenced by socialism and enlightened humanism. He ended up embracing Eastern spirituality. But paradoxically, his work validates the evangelical love of Christianity. It does it from the strictest foundations of psychology. It's a similar case to other non-believers, such as Gandhi. In short, a classic recommended for believers and non-believers. In general for anyone who wants to take their emotional world seriously, their relationship with themselves and others.

More opinion on this entry of my blog.

ESPAÑOL: Cuántos corazones rotos, cuántas separaciones, cuántos divorcios ahorrados si se hubieran leído libros como éste. Se trata de un clásico de no ficción sobre el amor, escrito por el psicólogo Erich Fromm en 1956. El libro ha sobrevivido a su autor, no pasa de moda y es más necesario que nunca. Hace un análisis muy acertado de los males de esta sociedad y su falta de valores. Una sabiduría que va contracorriente del mundo actual.

Distingue el mero enamoramiento del amor verdadero. Describe formas erróneas o incompletas de amar. Desarrolla las cualidades que debe tener la persona madura. Lo hace desde la psicología, de una manera clara y amena. Saca a relucir ejemplos y referencias bíblicas muy interesantes. Pone ejemplos prácticos para asimilar estas habilidades. Se tratan términos como: fe, coraje, esperanza, concentración, esfuerzo, trabajo, vitalidad, imagen del otro, núcleos, narcisismo, dar, gratitud, cuidado, respeto, responsabilidad, objetividad, realidad, conocimiento.

Estamos hablando de un judío renegado de su fe. Claramente influenciado por el socialismo y el humanismo ilustrado. Terminó abrazando la espiritualidad oriental. Pero paradójicamente, su obra valida el amor evangélico del cristianismo. Lo hace desde los más estrictos fundamentos de la psicología. Es un caso similar al de otros no creyentes, como por ejemplo Gandhi. En definitiva, una clásico recomendado a creyentes y no creyentes. En general para todo aquel que quiera tomarse en serio su afectividad, su relación consigo mismo y los demás.

Más opinión en esta entrada de mi blog. ( )
  jesuserro | Jan 9, 2020 |
Though old-fashioned in places, and more philosophical than practical, I nevertheless greatly enjoyed and learned much from this slim tome.

He convincingly shows that a lot of the sadness and discombobulation of modern life comes from wanting to "have fun" until it's not fun any more, and a lack of concentration and discipline (stemming, perhaps, from an overindulgence in stark rigidity at times in our lives).

"The sexual act without love never bridges the gap between two human beings, except momentarily"
3:11 PM "in fact, they take the intensity of the infatuation, this being "crazy" about each other, for proof of the intensity of their love, while it may only prove the degree of their preceding loneliness"
"what most people in our culture mean in our culture by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal" ( )
  charlyk | Nov 15, 2019 |
Fromm studied psychology so writing this book is not scientific. Loving has nothing to do with psychology. I did not buy this book. A male acquaintance had this book and lend it. The title of the book, the word "Art" followed by action verb like "loving," gives an impression of art of deception rather than love. If you make an art of doing something, that activity looks less authentic and more disingenuous. He lists characteristics a person should have in order to love someone - humility, integrity, discipline, etc. There are different types of love which I have heard of - love of country, love for your men aka brotherly love, Eros. For content, I give this book 3 out of 5. Fromm makes good points in what is loving someone and what is not. As a reader, I felt he did not put forth much effort into the book. For writing style, 2 out of 5. The language he uses lowers the quality of this book. The writing style makes me see this book as not edited enough. As a reader, I felt this was haphazardly or written in haste, rather than meticulously crafted and edified repeatedly. Maybe he did not have enough self-love to produce top quality for his own creative works? ( )
  Lulileih | Feb 25, 2018 |
2.5 stars. This started out with some really interesting insights that I agreed with, but then gradually went downhill. It was just really dated as a whole, and needs to be updated... ( )
  ReadandFindOut | Sep 23, 2017 |
One of the most important books ever written, there are some lines in this book that I probably need to go back and revisit again and again. I felt a bit disconnected reading about love with God. Fromm does not offer practical guidelines, but the values he talks about that define love are very much values that I wish to carry with me in life. ( )
1 vote Soulmuser | May 30, 2017 |
"The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety."

This is the first work of contemporary philosophy that I've read and the assumptions are interesting. There's no attempt to define separateness, nor to prove that there is any other source of anxiety, but when I read that sentence and the argument that follows it, it rang my bell. Whether it's true or not in all its parts is almost irrelevant as it works for me. Lots of stuff just like this in this book. I would recommend it to other humans. ( )
2 vote Lukerik | Feb 23, 2016 |
If you can get past the dated thoughts on gender, there's some real wisdom in this little book, which is anything but a Hallmarky piece of self-help.
1 vote KatrinkaV | Nov 6, 2015 |
Erich Fromm as a love therapist. Blunt statements about the barriers which society erects between its members and any possible achievement of any kind of love -- parental, brotherly, erotic, onanist, divine. They are all problemmatic.
1 vote keylawk | Dec 30, 2012 |
This is the second in a set of three books that I bought about love. I was interested to hear what the world of psychology and philosophy had to say on the subject and this book did not disappoint despite it not being as good, I thought, as Conditions of Love by John Armstrong which I read in June.

Fromm was a German Jew who left Germany on the rise to power of the Nazi Party in the early 1930s. Ending up in New York, he continued his rise as one of the leading scholars in psychoanalysis. The Art of Loving was his most popular book and was first published in 1954.

Again, like Conditions of Love, Fromm states that love is not a feeling. He went further than I felt Armstrong did though in stating that love is a skill that should be developed through disciplines such as meditation, reflection and self-control. He draws a great deal from his reading of Eastern religions such as Christianity and Hinduism.

I think the most important aspect of his book which is often misunderstood, particularly in modern day Christianity, is the concept of self-love. He goes to some pains to argue that unless we make taking care of ourselves a priority, then we are unlikely to ever be able to love another as we are intended to. Along with his premise that love is a skill, he argues convincingly that unless we become mature and developed in our own characters, our ability to love will remain handicapped. I know this to be true in my own life and experience.

Like Armstrong, he soundly castigates the modern Austenesque misconception of love as a romantic ideal. I feel we really can’t hear this message enough these days and our literature has an appalling lack of the true reality of love as a willful commitment to the undeserving.

While Conditions of Love spoke more to the marital side of love in my life, Fromm spoke more to my love of God. The quotes below resonated so strongly with me especially with my experiences of knowing God and being with him so very intimately that questions of theology pale and become unimportant. I wish more of us could experience this, particular within my Christian circles. ( )
4 vote arukiyomi | Nov 25, 2011 |
The classic book that has helped hundreds of thousands of readers develop their hidden capacities for love.
1 vote Saraswati_Library | Aug 24, 2010 |
The classic book that has helped hundreds of thousands of readers develop their hidden capacities for love.
  Saraswati_Library | Aug 24, 2010 |
Every Fromm title is a masterpiece. This small book is an insight into the psychology of interpersonal relations, that, is relevant to all of us. To look at love as an art, to understand the dynamic of relations, Fromm takes us through amazing insight about marriage, self-love, love for your children and what hard work it is. ( )
1 vote yarnspinner | Oct 8, 2007 |
A timeless classic about the nature of love as an attitude and a way of being. ( )
1 vote FlyingBarney | Jan 2, 2006 |
150 FRO 2
  luvucenanzo06 | Aug 21, 2023 |
earlier edition
  AlanBudreau | Apr 4, 2018 |
Also as audio-book ( )
  RememberRemember | Feb 19, 2010 |
Erich Pinchas Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was an internationally renowned German-American psychologist and humanistic philosopher. He is associated with what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical thinkers. ( )
1 vote | billyfantles | Sep 15, 2006 |
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