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The Myth of Desire

Sexuality, Love, and the Self

Carlos Domínguez-Morano - Translated by Veronica Polo Torok

In The Myth of Desire: Sexuality, Love, and the Self, Carlos Domínguez-Morano draws on psychoanalysis to explore the broad and complex reality of the affective-sexual realm encompassed by the term desire, a concept that propels individual aspirations, pursuits, and life endeavors. Domínguez-Morano takes a global perspective in order to introduce a methodology, examine the present sociocultural determinations affecting desire, review the main stages in the evolution of desire, and reflect on affective maturity. Domínguez-Morano further explores the five basic expressions of desire: falling in love and being a couple, homosexuality, narcissism and self-esteem, friendship, and the derivative of desire by way of sublimation. Scholars of psychology, philosophy, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 254 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-7936-0576-4 • Hardback • October 2020 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
Series: Dialog-on-Freud
Subjects: Psychology / Psychotherapy / General, Psychology / Psychology of Sex & Gender, Philosophy / General, Psychology / Human Sexuality

Carlos Domínguez-Morano is psychotherapist and professor of psychology in the School of Theology and vice-director of the master’s program in transcultural spirituality at Loyola University Andalusia.

Foreword

Part 1: Desire

Chapter 1: Understanding Desire Through Science And Myth

Chapter 2: That Obscure Object of Desire

Chapter 3: Current Transformations in the World of Desire

Chapter 4: Desire’s Long Journey

Chapter 5: Accepting the Absence

Part 2: Expressions of Desiring

Chapter 6: Love and Couples

Chapter 7: A Different Type of Love: Homosexuality

Chapter 8: Life and Death of Narcissus

Chapter 9: The Bonds of Friendship

Chapter 10 Sublimation: Transformed Desire

About the Author

Morano offers an entirely fresh approach to the problem of how desire structures the emotional and sexual realm of human experience. Drawing largely upon Freudian psychoanalysis, he explores the vast extent to which desire informs love, couple relationships, homosexuality, friendship, and sublimation just as it structures art, religion, and science. Particularly striking is Morano's account of the roots of romantic love: he argues that the forces of idealization play a significant role in shaping the choices people make regarding their partners. This book productively crosses disciplines—encompassing sociology, psychology, and philosophy—to offer an especially compelling account of what desire looks like when the subject is considered emotionally mature. The book, originally published in 2001, is here translated from the Spanish by Veronica Polo Torok, whose sensitivity to the nuances of the terms desire and sexuality is perfectly attuned to realizing the author's intention. Morano maintains a rare openness about sexuality through his exploration of the concept as psychoanalysis understands it within the multiple realms of personal, social, and religious experience. This book will be invaluable to scholars and students seeking a synoptic understanding of desire however they may be situated with respect to the fields of sociology, psychology, and philosophy. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.


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The Myth of Desire

Sexuality, Love, and the Self

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Summary
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  • In The Myth of Desire: Sexuality, Love, and the Self, Carlos Domínguez-Morano draws on psychoanalysis to explore the broad and complex reality of the affective-sexual realm encompassed by the term desire, a concept that propels individual aspirations, pursuits, and life endeavors. Domínguez-Morano takes a global perspective in order to introduce a methodology, examine the present sociocultural determinations affecting desire, review the main stages in the evolution of desire, and reflect on affective maturity. Domínguez-Morano further explores the five basic expressions of desire: falling in love and being a couple, homosexuality, narcissism and self-esteem, friendship, and the derivative of desire by way of sublimation. Scholars of psychology, philosophy, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 254 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9
    978-1-7936-0576-4 • Hardback • October 2020 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
    Series: Dialog-on-Freud
    Subjects: Psychology / Psychotherapy / General, Psychology / Psychology of Sex & Gender, Philosophy / General, Psychology / Human Sexuality
Author
Author
  • Carlos Domínguez-Morano is psychotherapist and professor of psychology in the School of Theology and vice-director of the master’s program in transcultural spirituality at Loyola University Andalusia.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Foreword

    Part 1: Desire

    Chapter 1: Understanding Desire Through Science And Myth

    Chapter 2: That Obscure Object of Desire

    Chapter 3: Current Transformations in the World of Desire

    Chapter 4: Desire’s Long Journey

    Chapter 5: Accepting the Absence

    Part 2: Expressions of Desiring

    Chapter 6: Love and Couples

    Chapter 7: A Different Type of Love: Homosexuality

    Chapter 8: Life and Death of Narcissus

    Chapter 9: The Bonds of Friendship

    Chapter 10 Sublimation: Transformed Desire

    About the Author

Reviews
Reviews
  • Morano offers an entirely fresh approach to the problem of how desire structures the emotional and sexual realm of human experience. Drawing largely upon Freudian psychoanalysis, he explores the vast extent to which desire informs love, couple relationships, homosexuality, friendship, and sublimation just as it structures art, religion, and science. Particularly striking is Morano's account of the roots of romantic love: he argues that the forces of idealization play a significant role in shaping the choices people make regarding their partners. This book productively crosses disciplines—encompassing sociology, psychology, and philosophy—to offer an especially compelling account of what desire looks like when the subject is considered emotionally mature. The book, originally published in 2001, is here translated from the Spanish by Veronica Polo Torok, whose sensitivity to the nuances of the terms desire and sexuality is perfectly attuned to realizing the author's intention. Morano maintains a rare openness about sexuality through his exploration of the concept as psychoanalysis understands it within the multiple realms of personal, social, and religious experience. This book will be invaluable to scholars and students seeking a synoptic understanding of desire however they may be situated with respect to the fields of sociology, psychology, and philosophy. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.


    — Choice Reviews


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