Ethics

The Art of Loving

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Erich Fromm

1956

One of the twentieth century's most widely read works of philosophical psychology, The Art of Loving argues that love is not a sentiment or a feeling one "falls into" but a skill — an art — that must be learned, practised, and cultivated. Drawing on psychoanalysis, philosophy, and theology, Fromm examines the different forms of love and argues that the incapacity to love is rooted in the narcissism and alienation of modern capitalist society.