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The transformation of intimacy : sexuality, love and eroticism in modern societies / Anthony Giddens.

By: Giddens, Anthony.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge : Polity, 1992Description: vii, 212 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0745612393 .Subject(s): Intimacy (Psychology) | Interpersonal relationsDDC classification: 306.7
Contents:
Introduction -- Everyday experiments, relationships, sexuality -- Foucault on sexuality -- Romantic love and other attachments -- Love, commitment and the pure relationship -- Love, sex and other addictions -- The sociological meaning of codependence -- Personal turbulence, sexual troubles -- Contradictions of the pure relationship -- Sexuality, repression, civilisation -- Intimacy as democracy.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The sexual revolution: an evocative term, but what meaning can be given to it today? How does 'sexuality' come into being and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? In answering these questions, Anthony Giddens disputes many of the dominant interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture. The emergence of what the author calls plastic sexuality - sexuality freed from its intrinsic relation to reproduction - is analysed in terms of the long-term development of the modern social order and social influences of the last few decades. Giddens argues that the transformation of intimacy, in which women have played the major part, holds out the possibility of a radical democratization of the personal sphere.

This book will appeal to a large general audience as well as being essential reading for students and professionals.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Everyday experiments, relationships, sexuality -- Foucault on sexuality -- Romantic love and other attachments -- Love, commitment and the pure relationship -- Love, sex and other addictions -- The sociological meaning of codependence -- Personal turbulence, sexual troubles -- Contradictions of the pure relationship -- Sexuality, repression, civilisation -- Intimacy as democracy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Everyday Experiments, Relationships, Sexuality
  • Foucault on Sexuality
  • Romantic Love and Other Attachments
  • Love, Commitment and the Pure Relationship
  • Love, Sex and Other Addictions
  • The Sociological Meaning of Codependence
  • Personal Turbulence, Sexual Troubles
  • Contradictions of the Pure Relationship
  • Sexuality, Repression, Civilisation
  • 0 Intimacy as Democracy
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Anthony Giddens, a British sociologist, was educated at Hull, the London School of Economics, and Cambridge, and is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge. His interests have been varied, but they tend to focus on questions related to the macro-order. Much of his theoretical writing deals with stratification, class, and modernity. Although he has concentrated on dynamic issues of social structure, he has also examined how social psychological concerns are part of this broader order of human relations.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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