Love : bondage or liberation? : a psychological exploration of the meaning, values and dangers of falling in love / Deirdre Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Deirdre.

Series:

UKCP Karnac series.

UKCP series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love--Moral and ethical aspects.

Love.

Love--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much has been written about the function of falling in love in the course of therapy itself. This book has a much broader aim. The author, a Jungian analyst and psychotherapy trainer, uses her teaching and clinical experience to illuminate the whole range of this near universal human experience. How, and why, does falling in love affect us so profoundly? How can it enhance who we are, or must it ultimately fade without lasting value?The authorargues that the many valuable studies by psychoanalysts, relational psychologists, anthropologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers have all made valuable contributions, and uses these to highlight and explore the many values and dangers inherent in passionate love. However, she claims that a more holistic approach is required to show how these various accounts can be seen as complementary rather than competing, and can be accommodated within an overarching view of the integration of the human being in its heights and depths.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgements; About The Author; Preface; Introduction; Part I: A QUEST FOR MEANING: THE DIFFERENT NARRATIVES TO DESCRIBE THE PHENOMENON OF FALLING IN LOVE; Chapter One: The psychoanalytic discourse:The psychoanalytic discourse: emphasizing the intrapersonalemphasizing the intrapersonal; Chapter Two: The relational psychologies discourse:The relational psychologies discourse: including the interpersonalincluding the interpersonal; PART I (B): What we are: embodied beings; Chapter Three:The scientific discourse: The scientific discourse

Chapter Four: The teleological discourse: The teleological discourseChapter Five: The religious discourse: The religious discourse; Part I(C); Chapter Six: Various dualisms and their synthesis: Various dualisms and their synthesis; Chapter Seven: Holistic love:Holistic love: what difference does all of this make?what difference does all of this make?; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78049-262-6

0-429-91595-0

0-429-90172-0

0-429-47695-7

1-282-77937-0

9786612779374

1-84940-761-4

9780429476952

OCLC:

819645553