Art Of Loving, The

Simple guide to love and loving by renowned psychologist Erich Fromm. A classic bestseller in the field of personal development. Fromm examines love in all its forms, from romantic love to the love of God or the divine. Since it was first published, The Art of Loving has become a classic, inspiring thousands of people with its clarity and power. Erich Fromm, the renowned psychoanalyst, sees love as the ultimate need and desire of all human beings. In this book, Fromm discusses love in all aspects: not only romantic love, but also love of parents for children, brotherly love, and the love of God or the divine. He looks at the theory and practice of love as it appears throughout the cultures of the world, and how we show or fail to show love to one another. Love is an art, which we need to develop and practise in order to find true contentment. We need to find it, individually and a as society as a whole. Author Biography: Erich Fromm was a renowned psychologist and social philosopher who emigrated in 1934 to the United States, where he held a private practice and taught at Columbia, Yale, and New York University. His other books include Escape from Freedom, Man for Himself, The Heart of Man and The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness.