ErichFromm
Pre-reading
ErichFromm (March23, 1900-March18, 1980) wasborninGermanyandwaseducatedasapsychoanalyst.In1934heimmigratedtotheUnitedStates, whereheservedasaprofessoratColumbiaUniversityandNewYorkUniversity, ’ (1941), afoundingworkofpoliticalpsychology, ManforHimself: AnInquiryintothePsychologyofEthics (1947), outliningFromm’stheoryofhumancharacter, andTheSaneSociety (1955), arguinginfavorofahumanisticanddemocraticsocialism.
TheArtofLoving, firstpublishedin1956, isFromm’, Frommconsiderslovetobeaninterpersonalcreativehumancapacityratherthananemotion, andheviewstheexperienceof “fallinginlove” asevidenceofone’sfailuretounderstandthetruenatureoflove, whichhebelievesalwaysinvolvesthecommonelementsofcare, responsibility, respect, , loveishardwork, butitisalsothemostrewardingkindofwork, andtheabilitytolovebecomesoneofthemostimportantthingsinlife.
Presentingloveasaskillthatcanbetaughtanddeveloped, , althoughmodernhumansarealienatedfromeachotherandfromnatureandtheyseekrefugefromtheiralonenessinromanticloveandmarriage, , -assortedteam, sexuallyandfunctionally, workingtowardsacommonaim, Frommdescribestrueloveandintimacyintermsofwillfulcommitmentdirectedtowardasingleuniqueindividual.
ThefollowingpassageistheForewordandPart1takenfromthebookTheArtofLoving.
PromptsforYourReading
-calledrelationshipcoach’sadviceconcerningloveandromance?
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“loving”?
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“loveobject”?
“loveobject”?
“falling” inloveandthepermanentstateofbeinginlove?
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