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The Art of Being

By: Erich Fromm
Narrated by: Raymond Todd
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 This classic work by psychologist and social philosopher Eric Fromm builds upon his previous popular book To Have or to Be? The Art of Being teaches us to avoid the tantalizing illusions of our consumer-driven world by learning to function as a whole person from a state of inner completeness or being. The transition from an identity of having to being creates a state of enlightened psychological and spiritual happiness.

Fromm observes that the modern person is less a self-reflective being than a composite of data promoted by the mass media, and he encourages us to pursue true self-awareness beyond simple political, ideological, and religious cliches. By learning to be centered in the self, the individual is less swayed by the endless pressures and dissatisfactions of the culture of consumerism.

©1989 Estate of Erich Fromm. Foreword 1992 Rainer Funk (P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks Consciousness & Thought Movements Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Meditation Health Zen Buddhism Self Enlightenment

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"Eric Fromm is both a psychologist of penetration and a writer of ability." (Chicago Tribune)

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I am what I do

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I was enjoying the content of the book somewhat, although I could not continue as the performance was terrible. Got about an hour in but will move on to another book.

Narration is terrible

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Fromm’s book was probably pretty groundbreaking once. But today points like “Marriages are often unloving shells of relationships” aren’t really clever or countercultural they just sound arrogant (like, way to see through the hype of *checks notes* “finding a lasting relationship”. Today Fromm’s “counterculture” position just reads like some teen Marxist’s Instagram feed….

Hard to listen to today , seems quite smug.

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