| Empire of the Gods: The Liberation of Eros Contributor(s): Duerlinger, James (Editor), Davies, James W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820430579 ISBN-13: 9780820430577 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $73.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Psychology | Clinical Psychology - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 128.4 |
| LCCN: 95044338 |
| Series: Reshaping of Psychoanalysis |
| Physical Information: 374 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Empire of the Gods" makes a major and original contribution to the literature on love. The history of Eros is its attempted liberation into wholeness and individuality. Its modern expression as a flesh-monism requires expansion to include reason and spirit (including Agape), the classical, to include affect and flesh. The illicit character of the Romantic Love of the Twelfth Century (seen as two versions: Utopian and Historical) provides a radical key not only to synthesis but also to surmounting oppressive enculturation, particularly in the marriage institution. Relationship is the synthesizing focus of illicit love, philosophical dialogue and psychotherapy. |