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Title: The Birth of Pleasure by Carol Gilligan ISBN: 0679440372 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 1
Summary: Sentimental and Romantic
Comment: Reading this book did not, alas, lead to the birth of pleasure. It was a painful experience. The highest value for Gilligan is the pursuit of the 'authentic self,' especially the female one, in the face of nasty 'patriarchy.' Twenty-five years ago, 'patriarchy' really meant something; it was a call to arms against those social, political, and economic structures entirely in the hands of men. But the word is at outmoded as is the sentimental and romantic stuff purveyed here. There is more to life, more to gender, more to maturity, and certainly more to human values than this pursuit of pleasure.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Deconstruction of the Patriarchy & Map to Find Way Out
Comment: Carol Gilligan has transformed our thinking of how adolescents experience their growing up in the modern world. With her new beautifully written and truly brilliant book, she shows the reasons why men start to think about leaving when they truly fall in love, and why it is so hard for everyone to know truly, viscerally, deeply what they know (but what might be painful for self or others to acknowledge fully). Ranging from empirical data, ancient myths, literature, her own life experiences growing up (movingly told with unflinching honesty), and her observations as a therapist, Gilligan eloquently sketches the reasons why the Western tradition has embraced the genre of tragedy to tell stories of love.
This is a complex, challenging, and courageous book. It stands on par with the most daring work of such thinkers as Freud or Darwin, using the author's unusual intelligence to discern unacknowledged truths behind everyday realities.
I could not put it down, and it resonates deeply in the most unexpected contexts. Buy this book; it is not only the birth of pleasure but also a pleasure to think with Gilligan.
Rating: 5
Summary: A MUST READ-In its Own Class
Comment: Its difficult to summarize this amazing book--I just loved it. Everyone who has read this book has been so touched by it. I was not able to put it down. In this amazing book, Carol Gilligan tells the story of a young woman named Psyche who breaks taboos on seeing and speaking about love. In doing this, she frees herself and Eros or Cupid, her lover, from a tragic love story. The revolutionary implications of Gilligan's work have never been clearer and this book is bound to be attacked.
This is one of those rare books that will change the way you see the world.
Her telling of the Psyche and Cupid myth is brilliant and original. Once again,Gilligan is right on the edge, where artists always are. Everyone will be able to relate to many parts of this book. This is a must read book.
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Title: In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development by Carol Gilligan ISBN: 0674445449 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Women, Girls, and Psychotherapy: Reframing Resistance by Carol Gilligan, Annie G. Rogers, Deborah L. Tolman ISBN: 1560230126 Publisher: Harrington Park Pr Pub. Date: 1991 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How Can I Get Through to You? : Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women by Terrence Real ISBN: 0684868776 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Mapping the Moral Domain: A Contribution of Women's Thinking to Psychological Theory and Education by Carol Gilligan, Janie Victoria Ward, Jill McLean Taylor, Betty Bardige ISBN: 0674548310 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: 1990 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: I DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT: OVERCOMING THE SECRET LEGACY OF MALE DEPRESSION by Terrence Real ISBN: 0684835398 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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