Reading Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving
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How can humans cultivate healthy love? In "The Art of Loving," Fromm offers profound insights into the unique nature of human love compared to animal love, the healthy and pathological forms that maternal, paternal, and romantic love can take, and what we must strive for to cultivate healthy love.
Although this book was written in 1956, nearly 70 years have passed since then, its insights still resonate with us today.
Like the classic philosophical works of Confucius, Buddha, Plato, and Kant, "The Art of Loving" has the powerful power to make us reflect on ourselves.
Although this book was written in 1956, nearly 70 years have passed since then, its insights still resonate with us today.
Like the classic philosophical works of Confucius, Buddha, Plato, and Kant, "The Art of Loving" has the powerful power to make us reflect on ourselves.
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index
introduction
Chapter 1: Is Love a Skill?
Chapter 2 Theory of Love
1.
What kind of being is a human?
2.
Humans: Animals that have acquired reason in place of weakened instincts
3.
Human Fate: Anxiety and Separation
4.
True Love: The Only Way to Overcome Separation
5.
Distorted Love: Sadism and Masochism
Chapter 3: The Many Forms of Love
1.
humanity
2.
maternal and paternal love
1) Maternal love
2) Fatherly love
3) Distorted maternal and paternal love
3.
Love between lovers
1) The nature of sexual desire
2) The deceptive forms love can take between lovers
4.
narcissism
5.
love for God
1) Historical changes in the concept of God
2) Falun Gong and mysticism
3) Love for parents and love for God
Chapter 4: The Collapse of Love in Modern Society
1.
The disappearance of sympathy and love in modern society
2.
Criticism of Freud
3.
Types of Neurotic Love
4.
The collapse of love for God
Chapter 5: The Practice of Love
1.
mental concentration
2.
Stay awake
3.
Love as an Overcoming of Narcissism and Selfishness
Chapter 6: Fromm's View of Happiness
1.
Aristotle's view of happiness
1) Fromm and Aristotle's view of happiness
2) The problem of sensory hedonism
3) Aristotle's view of happiness
2.
Fromm's view of happiness
1) Normative humanism
2) Fromm's view of desire
3) The significance of the existential desire that only humans possess
4) Fromm's view of happiness
3.
Cultivation of character and happiness
Chapter 1: Is Love a Skill?
Chapter 2 Theory of Love
1.
What kind of being is a human?
2.
Humans: Animals that have acquired reason in place of weakened instincts
3.
Human Fate: Anxiety and Separation
4.
True Love: The Only Way to Overcome Separation
5.
Distorted Love: Sadism and Masochism
Chapter 3: The Many Forms of Love
1.
humanity
2.
maternal and paternal love
1) Maternal love
2) Fatherly love
3) Distorted maternal and paternal love
3.
Love between lovers
1) The nature of sexual desire
2) The deceptive forms love can take between lovers
4.
narcissism
5.
love for God
1) Historical changes in the concept of God
2) Falun Gong and mysticism
3) Love for parents and love for God
Chapter 4: The Collapse of Love in Modern Society
1.
The disappearance of sympathy and love in modern society
2.
Criticism of Freud
3.
Types of Neurotic Love
4.
The collapse of love for God
Chapter 5: The Practice of Love
1.
mental concentration
2.
Stay awake
3.
Love as an Overcoming of Narcissism and Selfishness
Chapter 6: Fromm's View of Happiness
1.
Aristotle's view of happiness
1) Fromm and Aristotle's view of happiness
2) The problem of sensory hedonism
3) Aristotle's view of happiness
2.
Fromm's view of happiness
1) Normative humanism
2) Fromm's view of desire
3) The significance of the existential desire that only humans possess
4) Fromm's view of happiness
3.
Cultivation of character and happiness
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Modern people do not see the problem of love as a question of how to cultivate the ability to love, but rather as a question of how to find the right person to love and to give love to.
Modern people believe that there is no need to learn how to love or to cultivate the ability to love.
I think it would be better to spend that time looking for someone to love.
--- p.21
The task of man is to strengthen his power of reason and to control his desires properly.
In this sense, Fromm's definition that 'humans are beings with rationality and weakened instincts' is similar to the traditional definition in Western philosophy that defines humans as rational animals.
--- p.35
The only way to overcome separation is through true love.
Humans want to be at one with nature, but above all, they want to be at one with other people.
…integration with others can occur in a number of ways, such as by belonging to a particular group.
But the most desirable form of fusion is love.
--- pp.50~51
A mother should not only be a 'good mother' but also a happy person.
Just as a mother's positivity toward life is passed on to her children, so too is her anxiety and irritation toward life, which have a decisive influence on their children's attitudes toward life.
When mothers constantly lament about their lives, children are more likely to develop dark personalities that believe life is hard.
--- pp.80~81
The question is how mature we are.
Many people are still caught up in the supernatural belief that God is like a mother or father and pray to God for blessings.
In contrast, people with mature minds, even if they believe in the same religion, consider it their task to embody in their own lives the life of compassion and love that Buddha or Jesus embodied.
--- p.123
Fromm believes that the art of loving, like all skills, must be acquired.
And I think that mastering it requires training, mental focus, patience, and a keen interest.
Fromm analyzes in detail the factors that hinder modern people's lifestyles from realizing these elements in order to acquire the art of love.
--- p.145
Both Aristotle and Fromm believe that there is an ideal nature that humans must realize.
And unless this ideal nature is realized, humans cannot help but feel dissatisfied and unhappy with their lives.
Aristotle and Fromm's views on humanity and happiness are very different from those of modern people.
Modern people believe that there is no ideal essence that humans should realize, and that happiness is nothing more than the sensual pleasure we feel moment by moment.
--- pp.178~179
True happiness is an achievement that arises from one's inner productivity, not a gift bestowed by external beings such as God or material things.
Moreover, happiness is not a pleasure that comes from satisfying greed that arises from physiological or psychological dissatisfaction.
…happiness is the accompaniment of all healthy and rational thoughts, feelings, and actions, and a happy person is one who excels in the life skills of productively realizing his or her rational potential.
Modern people believe that there is no need to learn how to love or to cultivate the ability to love.
I think it would be better to spend that time looking for someone to love.
--- p.21
The task of man is to strengthen his power of reason and to control his desires properly.
In this sense, Fromm's definition that 'humans are beings with rationality and weakened instincts' is similar to the traditional definition in Western philosophy that defines humans as rational animals.
--- p.35
The only way to overcome separation is through true love.
Humans want to be at one with nature, but above all, they want to be at one with other people.
…integration with others can occur in a number of ways, such as by belonging to a particular group.
But the most desirable form of fusion is love.
--- pp.50~51
A mother should not only be a 'good mother' but also a happy person.
Just as a mother's positivity toward life is passed on to her children, so too is her anxiety and irritation toward life, which have a decisive influence on their children's attitudes toward life.
When mothers constantly lament about their lives, children are more likely to develop dark personalities that believe life is hard.
--- pp.80~81
The question is how mature we are.
Many people are still caught up in the supernatural belief that God is like a mother or father and pray to God for blessings.
In contrast, people with mature minds, even if they believe in the same religion, consider it their task to embody in their own lives the life of compassion and love that Buddha or Jesus embodied.
--- p.123
Fromm believes that the art of loving, like all skills, must be acquired.
And I think that mastering it requires training, mental focus, patience, and a keen interest.
Fromm analyzes in detail the factors that hinder modern people's lifestyles from realizing these elements in order to acquire the art of love.
--- p.145
Both Aristotle and Fromm believe that there is an ideal nature that humans must realize.
And unless this ideal nature is realized, humans cannot help but feel dissatisfied and unhappy with their lives.
Aristotle and Fromm's views on humanity and happiness are very different from those of modern people.
Modern people believe that there is no ideal essence that humans should realize, and that happiness is nothing more than the sensual pleasure we feel moment by moment.
--- pp.178~179
True happiness is an achievement that arises from one's inner productivity, not a gift bestowed by external beings such as God or material things.
Moreover, happiness is not a pleasure that comes from satisfying greed that arises from physiological or psychological dissatisfaction.
…happiness is the accompaniment of all healthy and rational thoughts, feelings, and actions, and a happy person is one who excels in the life skills of productively realizing his or her rational potential.
--- p.214
Publisher's Review
“To love properly is the most difficult thing.”
The world's bestseller, Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving
Meet Professor Chan-Guk Park of the Department of Philosophy at Seoul National University with commentary!
How much do we know about love?
Human love exists in various forms
Love makes everyone suffer.
The greatest happiness in life is the joy that love gives, but a person who falls into sorrow because of love feels that he is the most unfortunate person in the world.
Buddhism views love as an attachment and says that in order to maintain a calm mind, one must free oneself from all attachments, including love.
But it is not easy to cut off the feeling of love.
In fact, it should be seen as impossible.
Love comes suddenly at any moment and we are helpless against that feeling.
A person in love pours all his energy into the object of his love.
That is why love is also called the power that makes the impossible possible.
This great power makes parents willingly take on the responsibility of raising their children and makes lovers willingly give their lives for each other.
Great religions and works of art also stem from a love of God and beauty.
On the other hand, love is also a dangerous thing.
Love that takes the form of obsession rather than mature love does not respect the other person's individuality and unique personality, and tries to realize one's own desires through the other person.
This kind of love only brings us sadness and frustration instead of maturity and happiness.
But do we truly understand love? If we were animals, we would instinctively love and raise children, just as animals naturally nurture their young.
But humans are different from animals.
Fromm defined man as “a being possessing reason with weakened instincts.”
Therefore, human love exists in many different forms.
Understand with kind and clear explanations
Erich Fromm's keen insights on love
In "The Art of Loving," Fromm offers profound insights into the special nature of human love compared to animal love, the healthy and pathological forms that maternal and paternal love and romantic love can take, and what we must do to realize healthy love.
Although this book was written in 1956, nearly 70 years have passed since then, its insights still resonate with us today.
The insights Fromm offers in this book are sharp and full of faith in human potential.
This book, "Reading Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving," introduces Fromm's insights on love in a clear and easy-to-understand way.
In this book, author Park Chan-guk, a professor of philosophy at Seoul National University, provides an in-depth explanation of “The Art of Loving,” shedding new light on the content of previous writings about Fromm, focusing on the theme of love.
Anyone who wants to understand Fromm's view of love and, furthermore, Fromm's thoughts, is strongly recommended to read this book.
◆ Special edition commemorating the 100th volume of Sechang Myeongjeosan Walk ◆
Looking at the masterpieces that transcend the times through the eyes of our intellectuals
The Sechang Masterpiece Walk series opens a new horizon for reading masterpieces!
We are here to help you, our readers, with helpful commentary that captures the essence.
The Sechang Masterpieces Walk series, which reinterprets the famous works that shaped modern intellect and thought, written by our intellectuals, has been loved by many readers for over ten years, starting with "Reading Deleuze's "Nietzsche and Philosophy" in 2012 and continuing through the 100th installment, "Reading Erich Fromm's "The Art of Loving."
Sechang Media will continue to produce the Sechang Masterpieces Walk series, which provides new intellectual enjoyment with the motto, "Books to read for a long time, books to see far, books to spend together."
We ask for your continued interest and support from readers who deeply love the humanities.
The world's bestseller, Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving
Meet Professor Chan-Guk Park of the Department of Philosophy at Seoul National University with commentary!
How much do we know about love?
Human love exists in various forms
Love makes everyone suffer.
The greatest happiness in life is the joy that love gives, but a person who falls into sorrow because of love feels that he is the most unfortunate person in the world.
Buddhism views love as an attachment and says that in order to maintain a calm mind, one must free oneself from all attachments, including love.
But it is not easy to cut off the feeling of love.
In fact, it should be seen as impossible.
Love comes suddenly at any moment and we are helpless against that feeling.
A person in love pours all his energy into the object of his love.
That is why love is also called the power that makes the impossible possible.
This great power makes parents willingly take on the responsibility of raising their children and makes lovers willingly give their lives for each other.
Great religions and works of art also stem from a love of God and beauty.
On the other hand, love is also a dangerous thing.
Love that takes the form of obsession rather than mature love does not respect the other person's individuality and unique personality, and tries to realize one's own desires through the other person.
This kind of love only brings us sadness and frustration instead of maturity and happiness.
But do we truly understand love? If we were animals, we would instinctively love and raise children, just as animals naturally nurture their young.
But humans are different from animals.
Fromm defined man as “a being possessing reason with weakened instincts.”
Therefore, human love exists in many different forms.
Understand with kind and clear explanations
Erich Fromm's keen insights on love
In "The Art of Loving," Fromm offers profound insights into the special nature of human love compared to animal love, the healthy and pathological forms that maternal and paternal love and romantic love can take, and what we must do to realize healthy love.
Although this book was written in 1956, nearly 70 years have passed since then, its insights still resonate with us today.
The insights Fromm offers in this book are sharp and full of faith in human potential.
This book, "Reading Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving," introduces Fromm's insights on love in a clear and easy-to-understand way.
In this book, author Park Chan-guk, a professor of philosophy at Seoul National University, provides an in-depth explanation of “The Art of Loving,” shedding new light on the content of previous writings about Fromm, focusing on the theme of love.
Anyone who wants to understand Fromm's view of love and, furthermore, Fromm's thoughts, is strongly recommended to read this book.
◆ Special edition commemorating the 100th volume of Sechang Myeongjeosan Walk ◆
Looking at the masterpieces that transcend the times through the eyes of our intellectuals
The Sechang Masterpiece Walk series opens a new horizon for reading masterpieces!
We are here to help you, our readers, with helpful commentary that captures the essence.
The Sechang Masterpieces Walk series, which reinterprets the famous works that shaped modern intellect and thought, written by our intellectuals, has been loved by many readers for over ten years, starting with "Reading Deleuze's "Nietzsche and Philosophy" in 2012 and continuing through the 100th installment, "Reading Erich Fromm's "The Art of Loving."
Sechang Media will continue to produce the Sechang Masterpieces Walk series, which provides new intellectual enjoyment with the motto, "Books to read for a long time, books to see far, books to spend together."
We ask for your continued interest and support from readers who deeply love the humanities.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: June 12, 2023
- Page count, weight, size: 220 pages | 128*175*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788955867626
- ISBN10: 895586762X
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