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ISBN | 9781793605764 |
Format | HardBound |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Bib. Info | 254 p |
Categories | Psychology |
Product Weight | 553 gms. |
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In The Myth of Desire: Sexuality, Love, and the Self, Carlos Dominguez-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. Dominguez-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. Dominguez-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.