Nancy Yousef
Romantic Intimacy
- ISBN 13:
- 9780804799447
- author:
- Nancy Yousef
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 1.9 x 15.2 x 23.5 cm
- Genre:
- Poetry, Drama & Criticism, History & Criticism,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The concept of intimacy is complex and multifaceted. This book explores how we can share feelings with others, despite the tension between our desire for mutual understanding and the private nature of our thoughts and emotions. Through an interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century ethics, romantic literature, and twentieth-century psychoanalysis, Nancy Yousef examines the various forms of intimacy that exist in human relationships. Her analysis reveals how these forms can be both appreciated and recognized, even when they are not reciprocal. The book concludes by exploring the persistence of romantic preoccupations in modernity, highlighting the importance of empathy and unconscious communication in our understanding of shared feeling.
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