Unpacking Ideas
Unpacking Ideas
Zach Stehura
42. Erich Fromm on Being vs. Having
1 hour 20 minutes Posted Jun 18, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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In this episode we unpack German-American Psychoanalyst and Sociologist Erich Fromm's 1976 book, "To Have or To Be"

This book explores...

* The Myth of Progress

*The Consumer Personality

* Being vs. Having

Host: Zach Stehura  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UnpackingIdeas.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Guest: Oriane Hakkila

Intro Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Polyenso⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Free PDF of the book: To Have or To Be by Erich Fromm

Resources Mentioned

I and Thou by Martin Buber (book)

The Meaning of Anxiety by Rollo May (book)

The Value of Everything by Mariana Mazzucato (book)

The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate (book)