The Birth of Pleasure by Carol Gilligan

The Birth of Pleasure by Carol Gilligan

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.

Carol Gilligan is a writer and psychologist who divides her time between New York City and the Berkshires. In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development, her groundbreaking book, has been translated into eighteen languages. Meeting at the Crossroads, Between Voice and Silence, Creating Connections, and Women, Girls, and Psychotherapy: Reframing Resistance are four volumes she co-authored and co-edited with her students on women's psychology and girls' development. Her award-winning research at Harvard, where she was the first Graham Professor of Gender Studies, led to the establishment of the university's Center on Gender and Education. She is now a New York University University Professor.

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ISBN 13	9780679759430
ISBN 10	0679759433
Title	The Birth of Pleasure
Author	Carol Gilligan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2003-08-12
Number of pages	272
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