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Beyond the Pleasure Principle, published in 1920, by world-renowned psychologist Sigmund Freud, marks a major turning point in the author's theoretical approach. Prior to this work, Freud's examination of the forces that drive people focused primarily on the sexual drive, or Eros of man, the life instinct to reproduce that is innate in all humans. Freud had attributed most of human behavior to the seeking of sexual pleasure. In reasoned progression...
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Sigmund Freud is commonly referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis" and his work has been highly influential - popularizing such notions as the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, defense mechanisms, Freudian slips and dream symbolism - while also making a long-lasting impact on fields as diverse as literature, film, Marxist and feminist theories, and psychology.
In Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners, Sigmund Freud, coined
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Before the dawn of history, mankind was engaged in the study of dreaming. The wise man among the ancients was preeminently the interpreter of dreams. The ability to interpret successfully or plausibly was the quickest road to royal favor, as Joseph and Daniel found it to be; failure to give satisfaction in this respect led to banishment from court or death. When a scholar laboriously translates a cuneiform tablet dug up from a Babylonian mound, where...
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"Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic" is French philosopher Henri Bergson's treatise on laughter and the timeless role of comedy in human society. Originally published in three parts in French in 1900 and translated into English in 1924, Bergson makes three essential observations about laughter and comedy. First, that comedy is a necessary human behavior and acts as a sort of caricature or parody of essential human activities and behaviors....
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Dream Psychology has been described as the key to Freud's works and, in fact, the key to all modern psychology, as well as a great study of psychoanalysis for beginners. But it is an excellent guide to professionals also. This book shows how your dreams have a meaning and how they can be interpreted. This interpretation of your dreams explains the fears and anxieties as well as the wishes and desires of your unconscious mind.
Sigmund Freud's (1856-1939)...
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Hot Blooded combines an unexpected personal odyssey with frank social commentary, shining new light into old places to reveal the truth and the lies about sex. Discussing female sexuality in depth, offering a crisp, urgent perspective on feminism, and introducing compassionate sexual humanism, this book is an edgy, earnest call to action.
The author's own sexual history leads the way through an incisive conversation that identifies and unravels some...
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In the largest study ever undertaken on sexual fantasy, world-renowned psychotherapist and researcher Brett Kahr reveals the astonishing truths behind secrecy, shame, and taboo in this groundbreaking book based on surveys of 23,000 men and women from eighteen to ninety years of age. The definitive account of what our fantasies tell us about ourselves, Who's Been Sleeping in Your Head? overturns conventional wisdom about sexuality today. Brett Kahr...
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Desde tiempos inmemoriales, los humanos han forjado sus identidades en el contexto de las estructuras del parentesco. La familia es la primera tribu, y el primer maestro. Pero con su actual declive, sin precedentes en la historia, generaciones de personas han quedado a la deriva y ya no pueden responder a la pregunta ¿Quién soy yo?
Sediento de conexiones y solidaridad, reclama entonces su pertenencia a grupos politizados, cuyo irracionalismo frenético...
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Caveat lector. If you're looking for a quick fix, an easy source of titillation, TROMPE-l'OEIL is not for you. Following the erotic hook of Chapter One (1, 200+ words), this novel requires almost sixty-five pages of character development. In other words, not for the weak and weary.
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Dr. Claire Starley stands outside an old Victorian house that looks more like a set from a horror film than a suitable clinical setting. She has heard and read a great deal about the man who conducts business inside these walls, and she can't decide whether he is a genius or a crackpot. She is here to observe Dr. Tom Warren, a man who claims that, through an AA-like support group, he can effectively rehabilitate convicted sex offenders. Claire has...
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Qu'est-ce qui motive les êtres humains à vouloir tout sexualiser? Ce livre est une réflexion originale sur les profonds besoins des hommes et des femmes qui se camouflent derrière l'hypersexualisation. Il offre des pistes de solu- tions en revisitant la mythologie. L'antidote de la consommation sexuelle se fait par un retour à la déesse de la sensualité.
Les Grecs disaient qu'ils devaient honorer leurs dieux au risque de se trouver possédés....
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La sexualidad humana inicia con la fecundacin y termina ms all de la muerte del ser humano. Los hombres tenemos la posibilidad de recibir permanentemente estmulos tanto externos- por medio de nuestros sentidos- como internos a travs de fantasas, sueos o pensamientos, que nos generan lo que se llama la RESPUESTA SEXUAL MASCULINA, que es el sentir el deseo o impulso de vivir un encuentro sexual ya sea con nosotros mismos o con alguna (as) otra(s) persona...
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This tour-de-force is an innovating, interdisciplinary treatment of sex and love. It draws on biology, mythology, psychoanalysis, and philosophy as well as on the author's own personality theory, to construct a model of affective relationships between human beings. Shoham proposes a mother-based sexual development theory which includes a sexual typology arranged on a continuum that stretches from the starkly carnal Casanova to the romantically agonized...
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This book is about the problems that women between the ages of eighteen and eighty will or have encountered throughout their lives. It gives advice on how to solve these problems and how to avoid them in the future. This book gives practical advice on how to solve relationship problems and to live your best life.
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Quels sont les avantages et les risques de flirter au boulot?
*IL EST MINUIT. Sylvianne ne dort pas encore. Son conjoint ronfle depuis déjà un bout de temps. Sylvianne pense à Daniel, un collègue qui lui donne l'attention qu'elle ne retrouve plus auprès de son conjoint. Daniel se préoccupe de son bien-être, lui demande si elle va bien et lui adresse régulièrement des compliments qui l'enchantent. Peut-être que...
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El nuevo libro de la sexóloga Valeria de Botas, nos plantea un viaje de autodescubrimiento erótico que nos llevará a reconectarnos con el placer en todos los niveles. A partir de distintas historias y técnicas, la autora nos conducirá por los caminos de la sexualidad femenina; nos enseñará a soltar la culpa y los tabúes para que nos abramos a nuestro mayor potencial. Es así como, mediante el humor, la honestidad y mucha creatividad, Valeria...
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Times have changed, spurring a sexual revolution, where the giving of one's body to another is expected, rather than a gift. Such attitudes have led to problems for both men and women: unwanted pregnancies are rampant, sexually transmitted diseases are common place, and intimacy no longer brings commitment and lasting relationships.Should there be more to intercourse than sexual attraction, the need for release, and a sense of being needed? Writer...
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From award-winning psychosexologist Chantelle Otten comes the well-overdue, inclusive and meticulous guide to all things sex, bodies and relationships.
For too long, talking about our anatomies and our experiences has been taboo. Normal functions have been deemed embarrassing and even shameful, impacting people's mental and physical health. In this amazing and comprehensive guide filled with accurate facts and helpful illustrations, Chantelle refuses...
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Sex is one of the topics most spoken and written about. According to Gikovate, this is a sign that it is still poorly understood and far from a satisfactory resolution. As such, in this book he rethinks several myths and half-truths about sex and addresses controversial issues. Based on his believe that sex and love are two autonomous (and often antagonistic) impulses, Gikovate points out the strong association between sexuality and aggressiveness...