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The Art of Loving

Erich Fromm

3.7 AVERAGE


Un libro que es un espejo.
Lo leí para la escuela y me ayudo a entenderme y a entender un poquito más el mundo.
Lo discutimos en clase y mencionamos muchísimas veces a Justin Bieber lo cual provocaba una carcajada de mi parte más de nervios que de verdadera gracia. Porque el libro fue tan espejo que sentía que todos podían ver como me sentía en ese momento tan sólo diciendo una frase aleatoria del capitulo segundo.
Un libro que no debería pero me hizo llorar en el baño viendo hacia el infinito cuestionandome muchísimas cosas.
Es una mirada un poco psicología y social al amor, al amor como un arte, como algo que se aprende y no sólo se aventura a llevar a acabo. Una mirada a todo lo que hay detrás del amor y como funciona este en nuestro sistema capitalista y como funcionaba ahora y que los recomienda el autor hacer para amar.
Doy tres estrellas porque en algunos momentos era mucha información que el lector no alcanzaba a procesar y en otras partes no te decía realmente nada. Y porque en muchísimas partes parecía libro de autoayuda y no me gustó para nada eso.
En fin, lo disfrute en pequeñas dosis y me afecto más de lo que debería.
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There were parts of this book that I found quite insightful - especially in putting into words what it means to be vulnerable with oneself and learn to be alone with oneself before you can truly love. However, that is where my praise end. This book is...outdated. Very sexist and homophobic. If you are a middle/upper class white male you will probably enjoy this - for the rest of us...it can get unbearable to power through this one. Never in my life has a book with less than 200 pages felt like it was 1000.
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Erich Fromm breaks down the art of loving in a psycho-philosophical viewpoint that stands the test of time. I was genuinely shocked when I saw what year this was published, because even though I felt like the writing was slow at times, it still held up well with books I read now. So many quotes from this book will stick with me for a while. It was definitely more philosophical based than I thought and religion was talked about for quite a bit. Good take away messages, even though I felt it over explained itself at times. This is definitely a book I’d brag about reading if I wanted to be pretentious.
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shortly: Altered my brain chemistry 
On second thoughts: many outdated statements(homophobia, sexism, etc.); still, really enjoyable and interesting. I’m not really familiar with this type of genre/topic, etc., however, for me it was really good. Read it in German translation, which was very well done! 
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