chery 's review for:

The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm

3.0

informative reflective medium-paced

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I agree with some of the reviews stating that this book feels quite outdated, especially due to its homophobic and queerphobic views. Some parts made me frown—why define love in such a narrow way, as if only a man and a woman are capable of experiencing it? I usually wouldn’t care for a man’s opinions. Moreover, the comparison of love to commodities and economics comes across to me as a shallow perspective. There are a few points worth noting, however, particularly the discussions on active love and the productivity of love. Those concepts were the main reason I picked up this book in the first place, and they remain the only aspects I fully acknowledge as addressing something society often tends to overlook.