Life Itself Is an Art

Erich Fromm (1900-1980) is known to most readers as the author of the international bestseller The Art of Loving (1956). Rainer Funk was Erich Fromm's last assistant, was designated by Fromm's last will to be his sole literary executor, and is the editor of Fromm's writings. From his very intimate knowledge of Fromm's life and ideas, and his access to an archive that includes 6,000 letters, Funk introduces Fromm's central concepts and examines them in relation to Fromm's lived experiences and to his idea that life itself is an art.