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A General Theory of Love (Vintage) (Paperback)
$14.41 - Save $1.59 (9%) - RRP $16.00 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for A General Theory of LoveThree eminent psychiatrists draw upon the latest research of the human nervous system in this account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being, explaining how relationships function, how parents shape their child's developing self, and how society flouts essential emotional laws. Illustrations.
Full description- Publisher: Vintage Books
- Published: 02 January 2001
- Format: Paperback 274 pages
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- Categories: Psychology | Physiological & Neuro-psychology, Biopsychology | Psychology: Emotions
- ISBN 13: 9780375709227 ISBN 10: 0375709223
- Sales rank: 5,911
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Full description for A General Theory of Love
Drawing comparisons to the most eloquent science writing of our day, three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain. The result is an original, lucid, at times moving account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being.A General Theory of Love draws on the latest scientific research to demonstrate that our nervous systems are not self-contained: from earliest childhood, our brains actually link with those of the people close to us, in a silent rhythm that alters the very structure of our brains, establishes life-long emotional patterns, and makes us, in large part, who we are. Explaining how relationships function, how parents shape their child’s developing self, how psychotherapy really works, and how our society dangerously flouts essential emotional laws, this is a work of rare passion and eloquence that will forever change the way you think about human intimacy.
