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The Birth of Pleasure

By Carol Gilligan

The Birth of Pleasure

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Carol Gilligan, whose classic In a Different Voice revolutionized the study of human psychology, now offers a brilliant, provocative book about love. Why is love so often associated with tragedy, she asks. Why are our experiences of pleasure so often shadowed by loss? And can we change these patterns? Gilligan observes children at play and adult couples in therapy and discovers that the roots of a more hopeful view of love are all around us. She finds evidence in new psychological research and traces a path leading from the myth of Psyche and Cupid through Shakespeare's plays and Freud's case histories, to Anne Frank's diaries and contemporary novels. Groundbreaking and immensely readable, The Birth of Pleasure has powerful implications for the way we live and love.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
274
Release Date:
2003-08-12
Publication Date:
2003-08-12
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0679759433
ISBN13:
9780679759430
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
309 g
Height:
13.2 cm
Width:
20.3 cm
Thickness:
1.5 cm
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