The Revolution of Hope
Toward a Humanized Technology

Fromm, Erich
Publisher:  Bantam Books, New York, USA
Year Published:  1968
Pages:  178pp   Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX7616

Froom argues for the urgent necessity of shfiting our priorities from things and death to the priorities of life and human beings.

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Table of Contents

Foreword

I. The Crossroads

II. Hope
1. What Hope is Not
2. The Paradox and Nature of Hope
3. Faith
4. Fortitude
5. Resurrection
6. Messianic Hope
7. The Shattering of Hope

III. Where Are We Now and Where Are We Headed?
1. Where are we now?
2. The Vision of the Dehumanized Society of A.D. 2000
3. The Present Technological Society

IV. What Does It Mean to Be Human?
1. Human Nature and Its Various manifestations
2. The Conditions of Human Existence
3. The Need for Frames of Orientation and Devotion
4. Survival and Trans-survival Needs
5. "Humane Experiences"
6. Values and Norms

V. Steps to the Humanization of Technological Society
1. General Premises
2. Humanistic Planning
3. Activation and Liberation of Energies
4. Humanized Consumption
5. Psychospiritual Renewal

VI. Can We Do It?
1. Some Conditions
2. A Movement

Epilogue, by Ruth Nanda Anshen

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