{"product_id":"intimacy-christopher-lauer-9781474226264","title":"Intimacy: A Dialectical Study","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn important contribution to the burgeoning field of the ethics of recognition, this book examines the contradictions inherent in the very concept of intimacy. Working with a wide variety of philosophical and literary sources, it warns against measuring our relationships against ideal standards, since there is no consummate form of intimacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter analyzing ten major ways that we aim to establish intimacy with one another, including gift-giving, touching, and fetishes, the book concludes that each fails on its own terms, since intimacy wants something that is impossible. The very concept of intimacy is a superlative one; it aims not just for closeness, but for a closeness beyond closeness. Nevertheless, far from a pessimistic diagnosis of the human condition, this is a meditation on how to live intimately in a world in which intimacy is impossible. Rather than contenting itself with a deconstructive approach, it proposes to treat intimacy dialectically. For all its contradictions, it shows intimacy is central to how we understand ourselves and our relations to others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Lauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474226264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474226264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Christopher Lauer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013941440767,"sku":"9781474226264","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7af7e8d4-87cb-49fb-ae26-b17d0d07fa3d.jpg?v=1767745731","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intimacy-christopher-lauer-9781474226264","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}