In a world where violence in all its forms seems to be increasing, Erich Fromm has addressed this issue with profound insight in the most original and extensive work of his brilliant career. Fromm asks: what is it about the conditions of human existence that leads people to organized destruction and violence? Drawing from findings in anthropology, paleoanthropology, psychology, and history, as well as including striking character analyses of figures such as Stalin, Hitler, and Himmler, he illustrates how the failure to exploit our capacity for love and reason leads to the development of its opposite: we desire to control life completely or to destroy it.

Pages: 688, Dimensions: 13.8x13.8cm