The Dogma of Christ
And Other Essays on Religion, Psychology and Culture

I read this collection around the same time as reading You Shall Be As Gods, Fromm's constructive take on the Hebrew biblical tradition. I remember thinking, upon reading the headlining "The Dogma of Christ" essay, how reductive his psychological interpretation in it was compared to the expansivity......more

This is a collection of essays with ideas that I've mostly seen from him in other books like "Escape from Freedom," "The Art of Loving," and "The Forgotten Language." The titular essay was interesting, but something I had previously studied so not very compelling. He tracks how Christianity changed......more

Reading Fromm is like dumpster diving knowing there's a gold Rolex at the bottom. You have to wade through old shit before you find immense treasure. What I mean is that Fromm is inseparable from the discourse of his time, and also of his own status as a well-off cis-hetero guy. When reading Fromm, i......more

"El conocimiento del hombre es posible sólo en el proceso de relacionarnos con él. Sólo si me relaciono con el hombre a quien quiero conocer, sólo en el proceso de relacionarnos con otro ser humano, podremos saber verdaderamente algo el uno del otro. El conocimiento esencial acerca de otro ser human......more

Aunque los ensayos recopilados en este libro fueron escritos en la década de los 60s (parte de "El Dogma de Cristo"), muchos temas son aplicables para nuestra condición actual. El tomar este libro como referencia nos abre una perspectiva de la tendencia que se iba desarrollando desde hace tiempo en......more