The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm_Part 3
읽은 분량: Chapter III. Love and Its Disintegration in Contemporary Western Society / Chapter IV. The Practice of Love
마무리한 날: 8/30/24
Shoes, useful and needed as they may be, have no economic value (exchange value) if there is no demand for them on the market; human energy and skill are without exchange value if there is no demand for them under existing market conditions.
얘야, 좋은 신발이 되렴.
가능하면 최대한 비싸고 고급진 신발이 되렴.
여차하면 더 좋은 신발이 나타난단다.
언제나 긴장을 늦추지 말고.
아침부터 저녁까지 더 잘 팔리는 신발이 될 생각만 해.
버려지는 신발이 될 생각 하면 너무 끔찍하지 않니?
Modern capitalism needs men who co-operate smoothly, and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated.
Man’s happiness today consists in “having fun.”
Having fun lies in the satisfaction of consuming and “taking in” commodities, sights, food, drinks, cigarettes, people, lectures, books, movies—all are consumed, swallowed.
Another form of projection is the projection of one’s own problems on the children. First of all such projection takes place not infrequently in the wish for children. In such cases the wish for children is primarily determined by projecting one’s own problem of existence on that of the children. When a person feels that he has not been able to make sense of his own life, he tries to make sense of it in terms of the life of his children.
얘야, 나는 옆으로 걸을지언정, 너는 앞으로 걸어라
_꽃게 엄마가 아기 꽃게에게
왜? 바쁘데? 싸웠어? 너 싫대?
그 불안 내꺼야.
The practice of the art of loving requires the practice of faith.
Faith is a character trait pervading the whole personality, rather than a specific belief.
To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on safety and security as primary conditions of life cannot have faith; whoever shuts himself off in a system of defense, where distance and possession are his means of security, makes himself a prisoner.
나는 너를 믿어.
아니야. 너는 날 믿지 않아.
나를 객관적으로 볼 수 있어야 타인을 사랑할 수 있다.