9 must-read nonfiction books like Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics by Erich Fromm

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Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

By: Erich Fromm

4.18

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 191…

"человек всегда умирает прежде, чем успевает полностью родиться."

-Erich Fromm, Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

"человек всегда умирает прежде, чем успевает полностью родиться."

-Erich Fromm, Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

"он может действовать во имя Бога, во имя прошлого или во имя долга, но не во имя себя."

-Erich Fromm, Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

"он может действовать во имя Бога, во имя прошлого или во имя долга, но не во имя себя."

-Erich Fromm, Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics by Erich Fromm , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Man's Search for Himself

By: Rollo May

4.22

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

"Analyzes life as we are living it, and the analysis is truthful and profound."-- New York Times Lo… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • sociology
"Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all."

-Rollo May, Man's Search for Himself

"One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves."

-Rollo May, Man's Search for Himself

"Self-inflation and conceit are generally the external signs of inner emptiness and self-doubt; a show of pride is one of the most common covers for anxiety."

-Rollo May, Man's Search for Himself

"Much self-condemnation is a cloak for arrogance. Those who think they overcome pride by condemning themselves could well ponder Spinoza's remark "One who despises himself is the nearest to a proud ma…"

-Rollo May, Man's Search for Himself

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2. Demian

By: Hermann Hesse

4.14

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

Wie alle Hauptwerke Hermann Hesses hat auch der Demian, den der damals 40jährige Autor mitten im Er… read more

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  • philosophy
  • 20th century
"Fate and character are different names for the same idea."

-Hermann Hesse, Demian

"En estos momentos tuve una certeza fulminante: cada uno tenía una “misión"

-Hermann Hesse, Demian

"You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value."

-Hermann Hesse, Demian

"I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"

-Hermann Hesse, Demian

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3. Ecce Homo

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to c… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
Cover of On Suicide: A Study in Sociology by Émile Durkheim, George Simpson, John A. Spaulding

4. On Suicide: A Study in Sociology

By: Émile Durkheim , George Simpson , John A. Spaulding

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

A classic book about the phenomenon of suicide and its social causes written by one of the world's … read more

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  • social science
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
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5. The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

By: Sigmund Freud , A.A. Brill

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" Freud examines the psychological basis for the forgetting… read more

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  • philosophy
  • psychoanalysis
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
Cover of Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault, Richard Howard, José Teixeira Coelho Netto

6. Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

By: Michel Foucault , Richard Howard , José Teixeira Coelho Netto

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Michel Foucault examines the ar… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • psychology

7. One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

By: Herbert Marcuse

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in… read more

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8. The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction

By: Michel Foucault , Robert Hurley

4.00

Format: 201 pages,

Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze … read more

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9. The River of Consciousness

By: Oliver Sacks

4.23

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Gratitude, On the Move, andMusicophilia, a collection of essays tha… read more

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10. What Is to Be Done?

By: Vladimir Lenin , Robert Service , Joe Fineberg , George H. Hanna

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In What Is to Be Done?, Lenin in 1901 argues that the working class will not spontaneously become p… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Ancak kendine güveni olmayanlar, güvenilmez insanlarla bile olsa geçici ittifaklara girmekten korkar ve hiçbir politik parti bu tür ittifaklar olmadan var olamaz."

-Vladimir Lenin, What Is to Be Done?

"Ya burjuva ideolojisi ya da sosyalist ideoloji. Bunun ortası yok (çünkü insanlık "üçüncü" bir ideoloji yaratmış değildir; ayrıca genel olarak sınıfsal çelişkilerle parçalanmış bir toplumda, hiçbir za…"

-Vladimir Lenin, What Is to Be Done?

"We are marching in a compact group along a precipitous and difficult path, firmly holding each other by the hand. We are surrounded on all sides by enemies, and we have to advance almost constantly u…"

-Vladimir Lenin, What Is to Be Done?

"Rusya'da, hem 1870'li, hem de 1860'lı yıllarda (hatta 19. yüzyılın ilk yarısında) da grevler oldu ve bunlar makinelerin vb. "kendiliğinden" tahrip edilmesi vb. eşliğinde yaşanan grevlerdi. Bu "isyanl…"

-Vladimir Lenin, What Is to Be Done?

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11. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

By: Vladimir Lenin

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

'Globalisation' is the buzzword of the 1990s. VI Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitali… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"Crises of every kind — economic crises more frequently, but not only these — in their turn increase very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly."

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

"At the basis of these swindles and manipulations lies socialised production; but the immense progress of humanity, which achieved this socialisation, goes to benefit the speculators."

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

"But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop…"

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

"As long as capitalism remains what it is, surplus capital will never be utilised for the purpose of raising the standard of living of the masses in a given country, for this would mean a decline in p…"

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

12. The Denial of Death

By: Daniel Goleman , Ernest Becker , Sam Keen

4.32

Format: 80 pages,

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, "The Denial of Death" is… read more

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13. The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

By: Thomas Ligotti , Ray Brassier

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"The Conspiracy against the Human Race sets out what is perhaps the most sustained challenge yet to… read more

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14. Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü

By: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Siirlerinde sembolist bir dil kullanan Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar romanlarinda gercekci ve sosyal sorunla… read more

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15. Civilization and Its Discontents

By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey , Peter Gay

4.02

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

It stands as a brilliant summary of the views on culture from a psychoanalytic perspective that he … read more

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16. Beyaz Zambaklar Ülkesinde

By: Grigory Petrov

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bazi devletler, halk olarak korkunc krizler gecirir ya da tumuyle perisan bir hale duserler. Bazi u… read more

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17. Buddha's Little Finger

By: Victor Pelevin , Andrew Bromfield

3.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

Russian novelist Victor Pelevin is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most brilliant young … read more

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18. Филиал

By: Sergei Dovlatov

4.21

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Сергей Довлатов - один из наиболее популярных и читаемых русских писателей конца XX - начала XXI ве… read more

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19. Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

By: Erich Fromm

4.18

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 191… read more

Similar categories in Erich Fromm's Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics book and Erich Fromm's Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

  • social science
  • psychoanalysis
  • politics
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • 20th century
  • society
  • sociology
"человек всегда умирает прежде, чем успевает полностью родиться."

-Erich Fromm, Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

"он может действовать во имя Бога, во имя прошлого или во имя долга, но не во имя себя."

-Erich Fromm, Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

"There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as 'moral indignation,' which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue."

-Erich Fromm, Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

"If faith cannot be reconciled with rational thinking, it has to be eliminated as an anachronistic remnant of earlier stages of culture and replaced by science dealing with facts and theories which ar…"

-Erich Fromm, Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

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20. Палеонтология антрополога. Книга 1. Докембрий и палеозой

By: Станислав Дробышевский

4.16

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Кажется, что в вихре тысячелетий кружатся в безумном хороводе причудливые чудища, рвут друг друга н… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. Палеонтология антрополога. Книга 2. Мезозой

By: Станислав Дробышевский

3.78

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Золотая середина — это не самый банальный момент, это не унылость, не скука повседневности. Второй … read more

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Rollo May

4.22

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Hermann Hesse

4.14

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3.00

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Émile Durkheim , George Simpson , John A. Spaulding

4.43

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4.18

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4.10

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