What can readers expect from romantic love? Stephen A. Mitchell revitalizes readers dreams, while recognizing the pitfalls they face, in this groundbreaking examination of the major components of romantic love--sex, idealization, aggression, self-pity, guilt, and commitment.224...
Common wisdom has it that love is fragile, but leading psychoanalyst Stephen A. Mitchell argues that romance doesn't actually diminish in long-term relationships--it becomes increasingly dangerous. What we regard as the transience of love is really risk management. Mitchell shows...