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The Psychology of Romantic Love: Romantic Love in an Anti-Romantic Age

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What love is, why love is born, why it sometimes grows, and why it sometimes dies.

Have you ever wondered how romantic love evolves? What the difference is between mature and immature love? What role sex plays in romantic love, and whether love necessarily implies sexual exclusivity? And, most important, how can we make love last? Originally published in 1980, this updated edition of The Psychology of Romantic Love explores the nature of romantic love on many levels-the philosophical, the historical, the sociological, and the physiological. Nathaniel Branden explains why so many people say that romantic love is just not possible in today's world and-drawing on his experience with thousands of couples-finds that such love is still a possibility for anyone who understands its essence and is willing to accept its challenges.

Branden sees it as a pathway not only to extraordinary joy but also to profound self-discovery. His vision of love is thoroughly appropriate to our time and grounded in our humanness.


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 152.41
EAN: 9781585426256
ISBN: 1585426253
Label: Tarcher
Manufacturer: Tarcher
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2008-01-31
Publisher: Tarcher
Studio: Tarcher


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Summary: Love requires psychological maturity
Comment: This is the paradox: only when we stop fighting the fact of our aloneness are we ready for "romantic" love. Because one's manner of understanding his partner is only a reflection of his manner of understanding himself. If a human being is always on the run, always engaged in doing something, he has little or no chance to get to know himself.

I think that was fundamentally the most important teaching of this book! After a slow start the book gets slightly better towards the end. But then, in the end, there's the loathsome claim (in the epilogue), which pretty much sums up the saddening misconception about love: "It is not possible to feel love," the author states... -So, does it make love just another dead dogma, then? Only some social "illusion?"

Personally, I claim one can pretty concretely FEEL love even when thinking honestly about things, devoid of any conditioned bias. And one should not forget that "God is love."

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Summary: Excellent book - Very Enlightening!
Comment: You must get through the initial, rather dry, historical information to truly understand and appreciate the balance of the book's content. It will open your eyes to many things about yourself and others.

It helps you understand why your previous relationships may have failed and what changes you need to apply to stop making the same relationship mistakes. It also helps you make better choices about who you can have a successful relationship with.

You will use this book over and over as a reference guide for yourself and you will use it try to educate the people you care about!

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Summary: Distinguishes mature and immature romantic love in an understandable way
Comment: I like this book because it draws clear distinctions between unhealthy romantic love and mature romantic love. In our culture, there tends to be a strong focus on romance and often what is presented in books, songs and the media is unrealistic and unattainable. This book presents a vision of mature, erotic love that embraces everyday realities and the maturing of love over time.

The content in this book is not heavy and it is readable by anyone. There is a lot of good food for thought and Nathaniel Branden writes in a simple straightforward style. He is also a therapist and this book goes beyond the pop culture type books on this subject that often have very little real substance.

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Summary: THE basic book on love. Thing 1: do you truly SEE the other
Comment: person? Really SEE who they are... regardless of you...

not what you need them to be for you ~
not for qualities you wish you had yourself ~

but do you SEE them?

it's where everything starts... and proceeds from there to grow, or to go away...

this book followed by Dreams Of Love and Fateful Encounters are all anyone ever needs to find out What Love Is...

hopefully, it'll be reprinted one of these days...

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Summary: romantic love
Comment: I have always wondered if I really even understood what real love is. This book explained it all to me. It's history, how my self-esteem effects it, why selfishness is a normal and valid part of love, what characteristics help love to succeed, and what missing links cause it to remain unfulfilling. I'm going to make my children read this before they get married. Everyone needs to know this stuff.

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