Myth of Desire

Sexuality, Love, and the Self

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Av Carlos Domínguez-Morano, Carlos Dominguez-Morano

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In The Myth of Desire: Sexuality, Love, and the Self, Carlos Domínguez-Morano draws on psychoanalysis to explore the broad and complex reality of the affective-sexual realm encompassed by the term desire, a concept that propels individual aspirations, pursuits, and life endeavors. Domínguez-Morano takes a global perspective in order to introduce a methodology, examine the present sociocultural determinations affecting desire, review the main stages in the evolution of desire, and reflect on affective maturity. Domínguez-Morano further explores the five basic expressions of desire: falling in love and being a couple, homosexuality, narcissism and self-esteem, friendship, and the derivative of desire by way of sublimation. Scholars of psychology, philosophy, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-10-16
Mått161 x 227 x 24 mm
Vikt553 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieDialog-on-Freud
Antal sidor254
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793605764
ÖversättareTorok, Veronica Polo, Polo Torok, Veronica

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ForewordPart 1: DesireChapter 1: Understanding Desire Through Science And MythChapter 2: That Obscure Object of DesireChapter 3: Current Transformations in the World of DesireChapter 4: Desire’s Long JourneyChapter 5: Accepting the AbsencePart 2: Expressions of DesiringChapter 6: Love and CouplesChapter 7: A Different Type of Love: HomosexualityChapter 8: Life and Death of NarcissusChapter 9: The Bonds of FriendshipChapter 10 Sublimation: Transformed DesireAbout the Author

Morano offers an entirely fresh approach to the problem of how desire structures the emotional and sexual realm of human experience. Drawing largely upon Freudian psychoanalysis, he explores the vast extent to which desire informs love, couple relationships, homosexuality, friendship, and sublimation just as it structures art, religion, and science. Particularly striking is Morano's account of the roots of romantic love: he argues that the forces of idealization play a significant role in shaping the choices people make regarding their partners. This book productively crosses disciplines—encompassing sociology, psychology, and philosophy—to offer an especially compelling account of what desire looks like when the subject is considered emotionally mature. The book, originally published in 2001, is here translated from the Spanish by Veronica Polo Torok, whose sensitivity to the nuances of the terms desire and sexuality is perfectly attuned to realizing the author's intention. Morano maintains a rare openness about sexuality through his exploration of the concept as psychoanalysis understands it within the multiple realms of personal, social, and religious experience. This book will be invaluable to scholars and students seeking a synoptic understanding of desire however they may be situated with respect to the fields of sociology, psychology, and philosophy. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.