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Title: Breaking Hearts: The Two Sides of Unrequited Love by Roy F. Baumeister, Sara R. Wotman ISBN: 0-89862-543-2 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 16 October, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $46.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: You haven't thought about it quite like this
Comment: Baumeister has a somewhat unusual approach among social psychologists -- rather than solely relying on surveys that supply easy numbers immediately, he gathers rambling discussions, written or spoken, and analyzes their content. He also draws on literary and historical data along with current empirical work (his own and others').
As the subtitle notes, Breaking Hearts is about the *two sides* of unrequited love. "The rejector's experience is of particular interest in this work because it has been shrouded in neglect and mystery. We shall seek to make clear what it is like to be the target of unwanted romantic affections, by relying on people's firsthand accounts of what they did and felt when they found themselves in such a situation" (p. 17). Of particular interest is the contrast between the accounts of the pursuer and the rejector as to "what really happened".
The authors look for and find commonalities among stories, AND they highlight individual statements that illustrate rules and exceptions. So we learn that, e.g., "roughly half of the people interviewed felt that...", but we also read detailed passages from individual interviews. The combination makes the book both engaging and believable. It's thorough scientific inquiry, the numbers are all here, but the subjective feel of things is presented too.
The writing's a little repetitive at times, but that's a minor detraction. Overall: quite interesting reading. Offers a new and deeper perspective than most of us probably have about something that's very commonplace.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book-highly recommended
Comment: Carefully researched and very interesting-this is a rare look into the nature of unrequited love from both points of view. Well written and insightful.
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Title: Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty by Roy F. Baumeister, Aaron T. Beck ISBN: 0805071652 Publisher: W H Freeman & Co. Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Meanings of Life by Roy F. Baumeister ISBN: 0898625319 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 25 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Escaping the Self: Alcoholism, Spirituality, Masochism, and Other Flights from the Burden of Selfhood by Roy F. Baumeister ISBN: 0465020534 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
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Title: How to Break Your Addiction to a Person : When and Why Love Doesn't Work, and What to Do About It by Howard Halpern ISBN: 0553260057 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1983 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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