Disintegration of Love in Western Society


	Disintegration of Love in Western Society

abailart

11-18-2007 9:15 AM

7594 views

tags:

fromm, love, production-consumption ccycle, cultural values, self-other

2 Comments |

Add a Comment

11-18-2007 12:22 PM

tidbit2

although there are alternative movements

12-24-2007 5:09 PM

anatolant

"Love" is VERY western concept. Especially, man-woman love. [ "Sunset of the West" is about disintegration of European society. ] What do we know about "Eastern" Society without being processed through the West? Humanism, Modernism and even Postmodernism are western definition, including this concern about "disintergation of love"...

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from November 18, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b413b659-d983-4e09-8d44-5befbb69af40/75D544D2-4310-48F4-B1CC-7B81C76B5719/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/Love%20&%20Its%20Disintegration.htm" href="http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/Love%20&%20Its%20Disintegration.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.philosophicalsociety.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/Love%20&%20Its%20Disintegration.htm"><P align="center"><FONT size="2">Man's
        happiness today consists in 'having fun.' Having fun lies in the
        satisfaction of consuming and 'taking in' commodities, sights, food,
        drinks, cigarettes, people, lectures, books, movies -- all are consumed,
        swallowed. The world is one great object for our appetite, a big apple,
        a big bottle, a big breast; we are the sucklers, the eternally expectant
        ones, the hopeful ones -- and the eternally disappointed ones.</FONT></p> <P align="center"><FONT size="2">--
        Erich Fromm, <I><B>The Art of Loving</B></I></FONT></p> <P align="left"></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/Love%20&%20Its%20Disintegration.htm"><FONT size="4">"</FONT>Our
        whole culture is based on the appetite for buying, on the idea of a
        mutually favorable exchange. Modern man's happiness consists in the
        thrill of looking at the shop windows, and in buying all that he can
        afford to buy, either for cash or on installments. He (or she) looks at
        people in a similar way. For the man an attractive girl -- and for the
        woman an attractive man -- are the prizes they are after. 'Attractive'
        usually means a nice package of qualities which are popular and sought
        after on the personality market.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/75D544D2-4310-48F4-B1CC-7B81C76B5719/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips