The Birth of Pleasure: A New Map of Love
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679759433 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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A psychologist's fine-tuned ear and a scholar's penchant for illuminating key ideas with precise literary citations enable Carol Gilligan to trace love's path in The Birth of Pleasure. Her extensive research on children's communications and couples in crisis has revealed a rather disturbing truism: a child's inborn ability to love freely and live authentically gets thoroughly squelched by patriarchal structures. She credits many colleagues, students, and seminar and symposium attendees for fleshing out all parts of this lovingly crafted text; but her own ear for truth makes its message resonate. --Liane Thomas. At the core of her study lies the timeless myth of Psyche and Cupid, a rich
"Useful and helpful despite its imperfections" according to C. Cook. I picked this up in London and read it during the disintegration of my marriage. I must say parts of it challenged me, even though I am a feminist and very aware of gender theory and literary criticism. I disagree with the reviewer who said there is more to love than pleasure more to life, yes, but the point of having a relationship with someone is to discover joy in and wi. Re-learn What You Once Knew This is an important book to read for those searching out a deeper understanding of themselves and the role society has played in the development of self-denial.According to the author, there comes a stage in a child's development (for boys when they are 5 and girls when they are 13 - later for girls cause the patriarchy has no need for women untill they are of birthing age. Worth Reading Anyway Mark S. Carol Gilligan has written a fascinating book. Using a multifaceted approach, she examines the origins of dissociative trauma -- that psychological split within ourselves where we can know and not know, feel but not feel -- and its path to the suppression of pleasure and authenticity. Gilligan argues that the foundational myths of Western society are virtually all based on
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. Why is love so often associated with tragedy, she asks. Carol Gilligan, whose classic In a Different Voice revolutionized the study of human psychology, now offers a brilliant, provocative book about love. Groundbreaking and immensely readable, The Birth of Pleasure has powerful implications for the