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Erich Fromm – La Passion de Détruire (original: The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, 1973) – Robert Laffont, Paris, 1975, 1ª edição francesa, 524 páginas.

Trata-se, claro, de uma edição em Língua Francesa. Original escrito em Inglês (USA).

Livro em muito bom estado, tem apenas um vinco na lombada causado pelo abrir das páginas.

Sem notas, sublinhados ou assinaturas de posse.

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Erich Seligmann Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist.

He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United States.

He was one of the founders of The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology in New York City and was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.

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This text draws on anthropology, palaeontology, psychology and history, including character analyses of Stalin, Hitler and Himmler, to answer what causes humans to be destructive and violent.

It shows how our failure to use our capacity for love results in a wish to control life or destroy it.

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Renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm examines the causes and effects of people’s violent tendencies in The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness.

In this provocative book, the distinguished author writes to break the deadlock argued about the roots of human nature by exploring the struggle between the instinctivism of Konrad Lorenz and behavior psychologist B. F. Skinner: are people inherently antagonistic or do people learn hostility from their environment and the actions of those around them?

Drawing from neurophysiology and anthropology studies and findings, Fromm presents fascinating ideas about how the human character and condition developed—and continues to develop—in contemporary society.

“A book by Erich Fromm is always intelligent and contains much of interest and insight, and this one is no exception.”—The New York Times

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“If any single work could bring mankind to its senses, this book might qualify for that miracle. . . . This book is the product of one of the most penetrating, most mature minds of our time.” —Lewis Mumford

“In this perhaps most important of his pioneering theoretical works, the distinguished author writes with brilliant insight in attempting to break the deadlock in the struggle between the instinctivism of Konrad Lorenz . . . and behaviorist B.F. Skinner. He moves toward a provocative conclusion which involves a critical revision of Freud's theory of a "death instinct" in man. . . . Fromm's studies of Stalin and Himmler, and especially his penetrating psychobiography of Hitler, fascinatingy support his thesis.” —Publisher's Weekly

“Rich and provocative . . . a major book from the pen of a major writer.” —The Washington Post Book World

“Fromm is an original thinker. . . . His analysis of the causes of destructiveness is unique, and he has an enviable skill in the lucid presentation of intricate material.” —Atlantic Monthly

“By far the best book I have ever read on the subject and by far the most absorbing.” —Ashley Montagu