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Perché nelle relazioni amorose tendono a prevalere i rapporti di dominio e di sottomissione? Perché è così difficile riconoscere e accettare l'autonomia dell'altro? A partire dal rapporto madre-bambino e dalla creazione di ciò che consideriamo "maschile" e "femminile", "Legami d'amore" ricostruisce la struttura del dominio erotico e ci aiuta a capire le ragioni per cui un atto d'amore può trasformarsi in pratica di sottomissione. Jessica Benjamin ripercorre con sguardo lucido e consapevole le diverse teorie psicoanalitiche, alla ricerca delle condizioni che impediscono a uomini e donne di riconoscersi reciprocamente come soggetti. Venticinque anni dopo la sua prima edizione, "Legami d'amore" diventa un classico che rivoluziona il modo in cui intendiamo l'infanzia e le sessualità alla luce dello sforzo di diventare soggetti, tra aspirazione al potere e necessità della dipendenza. Questo volume contiene anche "Legami d'amore: guardandomi indietro", un nuovo scritto in cui Jessica Benjamin ricorda i momenti che hanno preceduto la scrittura del volume e sottolinea come i temi trattati siano quanto mai attuali.
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- Pagine: 230
- Data di uscita: 28-01-2015
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This is a fabulous fabulous book. It lags at times, but for someone who is only sparsely versed in psychoanalytic theory (as I am--now being forced out of my protective zone, since I like using people like Kristeva, sans hardcore psychoanalytic theory), Benjamin provides very accessible accounts of
No, psychoanalysis is still primarily useless aside from literary analysis... but hey, sometimes it produces really stunning works of contemplative feminism. Her discussion of the Story of O is obnoxious; instead of seizing the opportunity to interview an individual involved in the BDSM community, s Leggi tutto
I was introduced to this book nearly ten years ago by my favorite professor, Dr. Schapiro, and have read and referenced it numerous times since then. I consider it one of the core books that have shaped my personal belief system and values. In fact, almost every book I read for Dr. Schapiro in colle Leggi tutto
I've read this book several times before, and am skimming through it once more as I prepare to write a diss chapter that uses psychoanalytic theories of masochism as an allegory for racial/political desire in Octavia Butler's novel "Kindred." Benjamin is brilliant and wonderfully accessible. I alter Leggi tutto
I thought this book was really insightful. Benjamin's use of Hegel's master-slave dialectic was excellent and prepared the way for her wider points about how both philosophy and to some extent psychoanalysis have been trapped in the Cartesian view of the subject with this monad then having to make c Leggi tutto
Second attempt reading this one -- finally clicked! Benjamin walks us through the gendered processes of human development (in which boys are encouraged to differentiate and girls to remain connected), which she argues lay the foundation for dominant boys and submissive girls. Each side of the polari Leggi tutto
Didn't finish, read 3/5 chapters - very interesting but a bit too heavy for a psychology and feminist noob. Will come back when I read up on the Freudian paradigm.
I found it fairly dense, and Benjamin makes very clear the historical positioning that she is coming from. I found this great and informational, but at times it was also hard to follow because of how careful she was in laying the groundwork for how domination comes to exist in individual and cultura Leggi tutto
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