Dreams of Love And Fateful Encounters: The Power of Romantic Passion
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Manufacturer: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 152.41
EAN: 9781585622405
ISBN: 1585622400
Label: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Manufacturer: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 379
Publication Date: 2006-10-31
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Studio: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
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This groundbreaking study has been widely hailed for its focus on a human emotion generally considered impervious to rational analysis: romantic, passionate love. Ethel Person views romantic love as a powerful agent of change, arguing that it is as central to human culture as it is to human existence. This new edition of Dreams of Love and Fateful Encounters emphasizes the relevance of passion not only to lovers but also to mental health professionals whose patients often enter treatment because of love-related issues--from the inability to love or make a commitment to the perils of extramarital love to love sickness or loss of love. She forthrightly addresses not only the power of love to unlock the soul but also its inherent paradoxes and conflicts.
Employing a philosophical perspective in order to understand the existential dilemmas posed by love, and a cultural perspective in order to understand its cultural variability, Dr. Person breaks with contemporary intellectual and philosophical dismissive assumptions about romantic love. She acknowledges love's vital importance and power, proposing that passion serves an important function not only for the individual but also for the culture while charging psychoanalysis with a reductionist emphasis on sexuality and psychopathology that has narrowed the focus of inquiry into love. Among the issues she discusses are: - romantic love's sources in our early lives, its relationship to imagination and creativity, and its capacity to enable the lover to transcend the self
- how romantic love often demands a reordering of values and promotes personal growth by exposing the self to new risks and possibilities
- the transformational potential of transference love in the therapy process
- flaws in the common misperception that women are more influenced by romantic love than men
- considerations of homosexual love, love across generations, and love triangles, focusing on the individual growth that can result from such relationships
Citing accounts of love drawn from literature, film, and real life, Person focuses on the lover's internal soliloquy and external dialogue with the beloved that can develop over an individual's life. An uplifting resource for people experiencing failing or unorthodox romances, Dreams of Love and Fateful Encounters boldly takes on issues pertinent to lovers, to professionals who encounter patients for whom key conflicts revolve around romantic love, and to anyone who has struggled to understand the importance of romantic love in his or her own life.
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Summary: A scientific yet sympathetic study of the psychology of love
Comment: This was a wonderful book, an objective yet sympathetic and rich effort to look at romantic love as a psychological phenomenon, with many touching and fascinating insights.
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Summary: a suble masterpiece
Comment: I did not expect such a beautifully written and penetratingly analytical piece of work! Only a woman could strike such a delecate balance on this subject. She is pointing out the need-related roots of romantic Love but is still capable of illuminating the magic power, that love releases. The book is long and slow but who complains if truth shines through?
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Summary: This Book is 1 of the 2 best books on love - no exaggeration!
Comment: What are the TWO [yes, there are ONLY 2] things that kill love?
Ethel Person tells you --
1. loss of idealization [you stop making what is good about "The Other" GREAT...
and you start making what is bad about the other HORRIBLE]
2. failures of empathy... [you start caring about your OWN self more than the other person's... wellbeing, feelings, future]... selfishness rears its ugly head again ---
once you think about it, she is absolutely right... she nails it...
i hesitated to give away the answer on this... except, believe me, that is only 1 of 100 fascinating insights in this book - it is still worth buying and reading...
i just reread it over the summer 2006 - i've bought a gajillion for friends and clients over the years...
we ALL want love desperately... learning more about it doesn't de-mystify the magic at all... it just helps you not be a fool for love... or a fool period...
read this... and Nathaniel Branden's "The Psychology of Romantic Love": and you'll have a good start on understanding "What's It All About?" ---
the best money and time you'll ever spend - HONEST!
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Summary: Impressive, wise, deep, rewarding book
Comment: I am so surprised to see the two reviews that are critical of this book. I would give this amazing book 6 stars if it were possible. I have been unable to put it down -- it's like a life-changing gift to my mind -- because of its highly intelligent, thourough writing, and the depth with which the author approaches the subject of love, and humanity in general.
This engaging book validates the importance of romantic love, whether lasting or fleeting, and discusses the fascinating intricacies involved in feelings that accompany love as it begins, evolves and ends -- and it does it with a mixture of warmth and wisdom, like no other book I have ever read (and I read a lot on this subject).
The writing is clear and well organized -- you know immediately that the author is a brilliant, highly cultured person -- not some shallow pop icon/TV personality, or a mediocre therpaist who has no knowledge of other disciplines. I would've loved to be Person's student.
She shares her vast knowledge with us in a way that leaves us much richer than before. Her examples of various love stories are not boring at all (as one of the reviewers stated) -- they are drawn from high class literature and films, and from the history of human civilization -- they are timeless.
With all due respect, I think that the readers who did not appreciate this book must have very short attention spans and could not lift themselves to the level of this book.
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Summary: A banal book about love...
Comment: Maybe I shouldn't be reviewing this book, but I found it so boring I could not get into it. I found her observations about love to be trivial. Much of the discussion makes reference to Freud (one of the biggest quacks of the 20th century) and uses an intellectual tone to try to demonstrate unfounded generalities. Not very informative, not very interesting and not at all scientific.
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