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ex_libris_volantes's review against another edition
hopeful
fast-paced
4.0
Weird. I picked this up because a contemporary text said something chiding on Fromm’s ideology and I figured why not read up on him. I found this to be very appealing as far as ideology goes, but lacking in application. Fromm talks a good game on the potential of socialism but falls short of praxis, and he knows it. All-in-all a great and quick read.
a_little_person's review
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Very well written. Concise. It's good and fast, but could be more thorough.
kokarina's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Some reviewers are probably not wrong when they say that this book wouldn't convince many who don't already agree. Although, I don't believe that the arguments are bad or invalid, but simply only work if you agree with the premise, which some people sadly don't.
Nonetheless, what do you want me to say, I just had a real good time reading these essays.
"(...) the dialectical relationship between obedience and disobedience. Whenever the principles which are obeyed and those which are disobeyed are irreconcilable, an act of obedience to one principle is necessarily an act of disobedience to its counterpart and vice versa"
and
"giant corporations which control the economic, and to a large degree the political, (..) constitute the very opposite of a democratic process; they represent power without control by those submitted to it."
and
"the very fact that people tolerate the threat of an atomic war hovering over all mankind, shows that modern man has come to a point where his sanity must be questioned"
Like SLAY Erich!!!
Nonetheless, what do you want me to say, I just had a real good time reading these essays.
"(...) the dialectical relationship between obedience and disobedience. Whenever the principles which are obeyed and those which are disobeyed are irreconcilable, an act of obedience to one principle is necessarily an act of disobedience to its counterpart and vice versa"
and
"giant corporations which control the economic, and to a large degree the political, (..) constitute the very opposite of a democratic process; they represent power without control by those submitted to it."
and
"the very fact that people tolerate the threat of an atomic war hovering over all mankind, shows that modern man has come to a point where his sanity must be questioned"
Like SLAY Erich!!!
alinaedwards's review against another edition
I think this book just turned me into a socialist