Filosofie Salon Hebzucht

In this lecture, philosopher Tine Gieliiet discusses the work of Erich Fromm: philosopher and psychoanalyst. Due to his German-Jewish heritage, he had to flee the Nazi regime, an experience that permanently shaped his thinking about power and human behavior. In his book “Having or Being,” Fromm distinguishes two ways of leading one’s life: the ‘having mode’ and the ‘being mode.’ In the having mode, you derive your identity from what you have and can control. In the being mode, it is about experiencing and truly being present. What do these two ways mean? Can what you have change into who you are?