This book is a 'big ideas' kind of thing. When I read such books, I wonder what the author expects the reader to do with the information. Did Fromm expect people to read this book and respond by immediately changing the world to meet his specifications? Probably a fifty-fifty shot, eh?
'Big ideas' books like this one point to mountains worth climbing yet offer little in the way of planning the ascent. I'm sure such work frustrates certain types of readers. I'm getting a little sick of these books, quite frankly, and I've read fewer such works of late.
There are those who like to talk of what is and those who like to talk of how it should be. What's the point of buying an engagement ring before the first date?
