{"product_id":"the-birth-of-pleasure-a-new-map-of-love-paperback","title":"The Birth of Pleasure: A New Map of Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Gilligan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of the classic \u003ci\u003eIn a Different Voice\u003c\/i\u003e offers a brilliant, provocative book about love that has powerful implications for the way we live and love today. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Compelling ... A thrilling new paradigm.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarol Gilligan, whose \u003ci\u003eIn a Different Voice\u003c\/i\u003e revolutionized the study of human psychology, now asks: Why is love so often associated with tragedy? Why are our experiences of pleasure so often shadowed by loss? And can we change these patterns? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol 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? \u003cbr\u003eGilligan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAROL GILLIGAN is a psychologist and writer and her ground-breaking book, \u003ci\u003eIn a Different Voice: Psychological Theory' and Women's Development, \u003c\/i\u003e has been translated into eighteen languages. With her students, she co-authored and co-edited four books on women's psychology and girls' development: \u003ci\u003eMeeting at the Crossroads, Between Voice and Silence, Making Connections, and Women, Girls, and Psychotherapy: Reframing Resistance. \u003c\/i\u003eAt Harvard, where she was the first Graham Professor of Gender Studies, her award-winning research led to the founding of the university's Center on Gender and Education. She is now University Professor at New York University and lives with her husband in New York City and the Berkshires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.04 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749678907680,"sku":"9780679759430","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/39a7dac2b1754bc0ec510f25039bccce.webp?v=1779936110","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-birth-of-pleasure-a-new-map-of-love-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}