{"product_id":"the-birth-of-pleasure-carol-gilligan-9780679759430","title":"The Birth of Pleasure: A New Map of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of the classic \u003ci\u003eIn a Different Voice\u003c\/i\u003e offers a brilliant, provocative book about love that has powerful implications for the way we live and love today. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Compelling ... A thrilling new paradigm.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarol Gilligan, whose \u003ci\u003eIn a Different Voice\u003c\/i\u003e revolutionized the study of human psychology, now asks: Why is love so often associated with tragedy? Why are our experiences of pleasure so often shadowed by loss? And can we change these patterns? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gilligan observes children at play and adult couples in therapy and discovers that the roots of a more hopeful view of love are all around us. She finds evidence in new psychological research and traces a path leading from the myth of Psyche and Cupid through Shakespeare's plays and Freud's case histories, to Anne Frank's diaries and contemporary novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Gilligan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679759433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679759430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.20w x 0.59d","brand":"Carol Gilligan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45264997056767,"sku":"9780679759430","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23ad76b1-7c5f-45ee-a6c8-2b06f49f8f0b.jpg?v=1713419853","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-birth-of-pleasure-carol-gilligan-9780679759430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}