Chomsky on Fromm's Alienation of Man

[limpyhobbler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=P5uScxA-SU4

[freshwest]

1. My father gave me my first book by Fromm when I was twelve.

It was The Art Of Loving and I read it and then he gave me Escape From Freedom and The Sane Society later. I purchased his book The Art of Being last year.

I've heard Fromm later described as a Marxist. Chomsky regards him as superficial, but each to his own. Here's more if anyone is interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Fromm#Later_works_in_English

I just found the text of his Introduction to Socialist Humanism: An International Symposium if anyone wants it.

http://www.marxists.org/archive/fromm/works/1965/introduction.htm

[freshwest]

2. P. S. Here is the link to Alienation as mentioned in the video:

http://www.marxists.org/archive/fromm/works/1961/man/ch05.htm

It's part of the Erich Fromm Archive . Bye.

[limpyhobbler]

3. thanks Freshwest

It seems pretty interesting. I'll try to look at some of these links later.

[kitt6]

4. Eric Fromm always was a good read.

My favorite: "The Art of Being." I still have his books on my shelves.

[drynberg]

5. LUVIN' DA CHOMSKY

Oh yeah, thanks.

[esau]

6. Erich Fromm

I read a number of his books, more than I can say unfortunately about Chomsky. I still have a couple, the art of loving came of as a little tedious to me, especially when he described one of Jung's dreams as a literal death wish for Freud. My favorite book was The Forgotton Language, which dealt with the unconscious. but his social commentaries were very educational.