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The introduction extends earlier work on freedom, aggression, and destructiveness, distinguishing life-serving aggression from necrophilia, framed as a love of death in contrast to biophilia, a love of life. The book further develops ethical norms grounded in knowledge of human nature rather than revelation, and outlines key themes through discussions of violence, narcissism, freedom and determinism, and the roots of human behavior.","The Heart of Man:  \nIts Genius for Good and Evil  \nErich Fromm  \n2010  \nAMHF logo  \nAmerican Mental Health Foundation Inc Post Office Box 3  \nRiverdale NY 10471-0003  \n[www.americanmentalhealthfoundation.org](www.americanmentalhealthfoundation.org)  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of The American Mental Health Foundation Inc and American Mental Health Foundation Books.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nFirst published in 1964 by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, as volume XII of the “Religious Perspectives” planned and edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen.  \nCopyright © 1964 by Erich Fromm Printed in the United States of America ebook ISBN: 9781590562536  \nSmashwords Edition, License Notes  \nThis ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’rereading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use  \nonly, then please return to [Smashwords.com](Smashwords.com) and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.  \nContents  \nPublisher’s Foreword  \nIntroduction  \nI. Man—Wolf or Sheep?  \nII. Different Forms of Violence  \nIII. Love of Death and Love of Life  \nIV. Individual and Social Narcissism  \nV. Incestuous Ties  \nVI. Freedom, Determinism, Alternativism  \nEnd Notes  \nAbout the Author  \nOther Titles by Erich Fromm  \nLantern Books Complete Catalogue  \nPublisher’s Foreword  \nAs the present book is reissued, The American Mental Health Foundation celebrates its 86th anniversary. Founded in 1924, AMHF is dedicated to the welfare of people suffering from emotional problems, with a particular concern for individuals with special needs and the elderly. For many years, AMHF generally devoted its efforts to bettering quality of treatment and developing more effective methods, available even to low-income wage earners.  \nThe major therapeutic advances and improved training methods are described in its existing publications: the series The Search for the Future. Two of these books are available on its Web site under the titles The Challenge for Group Psychotherapy (volume 1) and The Challenge for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: Solutions for the Future (volume 2) . Portions of these books are reprinted on the AMHF Web site in French and German, as they were published internationally (in addition to Italian editions), for a segment of the international  \ncommunity. These books were prepared by Dr. Stefan de Schill under the joint sponsorship of AMHF and The International Institute for Mental Health Research, Zurich and Geneva. Volume 3, [written by Dr. de](written by Dr. de) Schill and published by Prometheus Books in 2000, is entitled Crucial Choices—Crucial Changes: The Resurrection ofPsychotherapy.  \nIn 2009, AMHF Books published The Violent Person by Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr. This is a book for professionals as well as anyone with a concern for, and an interest in, the mechanisms for human violence, stress at the breaking point (PTSD), and the workings of the brain.  \nUnder the supervision and direction of Dr. William Van Ornum, AMHF Books is an exciting new venture. Within the mission and under the auspices of The American Mental Health Foundation, AMHF Books publishes new research as well as works by classic authors.  \nErich Fromm (1900–1980) famously remains one of the authoritative voices of the 20th century, a time that witnessed unprecedented changes in our understanding of the inner, as well as political, landscape of the human race. 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