The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness
by Erich Fromm · first published 1973
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A study of man’s destructive nature that utilizes evidence from psychoanalysis, neurophysiology, animal psychology, paleontology, and anthropology and is documented with clinical examples.
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…more severe if victims were known to include innocent people or even children). The problem is that there is always enough people who are not normal (there is a great book about it by Erich Fromm: The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness) and it's possible to 'make' people into something not normal in psychological sense - i.e. suppress their empathy for certain group of people by some war trauma or conditioning/brainwashing. BTW, I…
on “ Finding Sociopaths on Facebook” ↗…be aware of those things despite the fact that they might not be conclusively proven as a 'part of human nature'. EDIT: also let me mention another IMO super-interesting book about this subject: The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm. One of the best books I've ever red.
on “Don't Fly During Ramadan” ↗…looking for a fitting quote by Erich Fromm (whom I kinda should give credit for "my theory", I'm pretty sure I pieced it together from stuff he said), couldn't find one - but it seems that his book "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness" might be worth a read :)
on “Kicktrolling” ↗The experiment was criticized (convincingly) in "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness" by Erich Fromm. Even without bringing any hitherto unknown evidence in, it's not difficult to see its various flaws.
on “New evidence challenges the story of the Stanford Prison Experiment” ↗…tomorrow. Assuming hunting behavior led to genetic changes, the conclusion would be that modern man has an innate impulse for cooperation and sharing, rather than for killing and cruelty. Erich Fromm, "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness"
on “US Army Studying Replacing Thousands of Grunts with Robots” ↗…Assuming hunting behavior led to genetic changes, the conclusion would be that modern man has an innate impulse for cooperation and sharing, rather than for killing and cruelty. -- Erich Fromm, "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness"
on “If You're Often Angry or Irritable, You May Be Depressed” ↗