Since it was first published " The Art of Loving" has become a classic inspiring thousands of people with its clarity & power Erich Fromm the renowned psychoanalyst sees love as the ultimate need & desire of all human beings In this book he discusses every aspect of the subject romantic love the love of parents for children brotherly love erotic love self-love & the love of God or the divine He looks at the theory of love as it appears throughout the cultures of the world & at the practice how we show or fail to show love to one another Love is an art which we need to develop & practice in order to find true commitment We need to find it individually & as a society as a whole Erich Fromm is one of the major figures in the field of psychoanalysis He devoted himself to consultant psychology & theoretical investigation for many years He was the author of numerous books including " Fear of Freedom" & " Psychoanalysis & Zen" before his death in 1980