Learning to Love

by J. Wilson

Overview

Nobody thinks love unimportant, but we are not as clear as we should be about what love involves, and about what it is to learn to love. This book is primarily concerned with personal love between the sexes (or between members of the same sex). It is a mixture of analytic philosophy and depth-psychology, but free from jargon and technicality. Its main aim is to help us to understand the nature and value of love, and to grasp the difficulties we have to face when engaging with it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333793169
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/10/1999
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	301
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x (d)

About the Author

JOHN WILSON is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford University, Department of Educational Studies.

Table of Contents

Preface Female and Male Desire Do the Sexes Need Each Other? Being a Sex Object Morality and Sharing Trust between the Sexes Sex, Fantasy and Exploration Negotiation and Communication Dignity and Applied Concepts Ambivalence and Affection Recovering the Self Postscript References and Reading List Index