Jessica Benjamin

The Bonds of Love (eBook, ePUB)

Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and the Problem of Domincation

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Produktbeschreibung

Why do people submit to authority and derive pleasure even others have over them? What is the appeal of domination and submission, and why are they so prevalent in erotic life? Why is it so difficult for men and women to meet as equals? Why, indeed, do hey continue to recapitulate the positions of master and slave? In The Bonds of Love, noted feminist theorist and psychoanalyst Jessica Benjamin explains why we accept and perpetuate relationships of domination and submission. She reveals that domination is a complex psychological process which ensnares both parties in bonds of complicity, and shows how it underlies our family life, our social institutions, and especially our sexual relations, in spite of our conscious commitment to equality and freedom.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780307833303
• Artikelnr.: 38400789

Autorenporträt

JESSICA BENJAMIN is a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City and is on the faculty of the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Her highly acclaimed articles have been published in feminist and psychoanalytic journals and are widely anthologized.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments • vii
Introduction  • 3
1. The First Bond  •  11
2. Master and Slave  •  51
3. Woman's Desire  •  85
4. The Oedipal Riddle  •  133
5. Gender and Domination  •  183
6. Conclusion  •  219
Bibliography  •  225
Notes  •  245
Index  •  295