Psyche and Eros - Mind and Gender in the Life Course

Asserts that the experience of development differs along gender lines.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; 1. Prelude; Part I. The Mind Divided: 2. The rage of Aphrodite: the vertical mind; 3. The marriage of death: ascent and loss in development; 4. Night and day: reason and gender; Part II. The Mind Restored: 5. Knife and lamp: Mythos rediscovered; 6. Psyche's trials: the transformation of desire; 7. Postlude: the sacred marriage; Notes; References.

Summary

Psyche and Eros, first published in 1994, asserts that the core experience of development differs along gender lines. Rationality is regarded as masculine, while imagination is viewed as feminine. The author suggests that we overcome the dualistic way of thinking about mind and see how rationality and imagination can complement each other.

Product details

• Authors: Gisela Labouvie-Vief
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2011
• EAN: 9780521468244
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46824-4
• No. of pages: 346
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works