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Bonds of Love Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and the Problem of Domincation

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ISBN-10: 0394757300

ISBN-13: 9780394757308

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jessica Benjamin

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Why do people submit to authority and derive pleasure even others have over them? What is the appeal of domination and submission, and why are they so prevalent in erotic life? Why is it so difficult for men and women to meet as equals? Why, indeed, do hey continue to recapitulate the positions of master and slave? In The Bonds of Love, noted feminist theorist and psychoanalyst Jessica Benjamin explains why we accept and perpetuate relationships of domination and submission. She reveals that domination is a complex psychological process which ensnares both parties in bonds of complicity, and shows how it underlies our family life, our social institutions, and especially our sexual…    
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Book details

List price: $15.96
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/12/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.19" wide x 9.21" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English