Lust

Eigen, Michael

ISBN 10: 0819568090 / ISBN 13: 9780819568090

Edité par Wesleyan University Press, 2006

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Synopsis :

Bold and compassionate exploration of a powerful human drive

Lust is arguably the most basic of human desires. It determines much of our behavior and our culture, but is it understood? Building on his groundbreaking work in Ecstasy and Rage, Michael Eigen confronts lust, mining the history of psychology and religion as well as the literary depths of the Symposium, the Iliad, and the book of Genesis. He also takes us into his own sessions as a psychoanalyst to show how lust expresses itself in the daily lives of real people. This comprehensive and accessible account of a still-taboo subject includes lust's inescapable ties to reproduction and its ultimate resolution in death. The author uses contemporary and historical examples to show how lust is simultaneously a positive force and potentially destructive. In championing the life-affirming aspects of lust, Eigen's conclusions are thought-provoking, illuminating, and ultimately healing.

À propos de l'auteur:

Michael Eigen is in private practice in New York. Author of numerous books, he is also associate clinical professor of psychology at New York University and a senior member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Lust
Éditeur : Wesleyan University Press
Date d'édition : 2006
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Very Good