A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the SensesKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1 de jun. de 2011 - 384 páginas The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this "audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love" (Washington Post Book World) is the next best thing to love itself. |
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... IDEAS ABOUT LOVE Plato : The Perfect Union Stendhal Meets the Deep South Denis de Rougemont : Love and Magic Marcel Proust and the Erotics of Waiting Freud : The Origins of Desire Attachment Theory ALL FIRES THE FIRE : THE NATURE OF ...
... IDEAS ABOUT LOVE Plato : The Perfect Union Stendhal Meets the Deep South Denis de Rougemont : Love and Magic Marcel Proust and the Erotics of Waiting Freud : The Origins of Desire Attachment Theory ALL FIRES THE FIRE : THE NATURE OF ...
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... once heard a sportscaster say of a basketball player , " He does all the intangibles . Just watch him do his dance . " As lofty as the idea of love can be , Introduction: Love's Vocabulary A LONG DESIRE: THE HISTORY OF LOVE.
... once heard a sportscaster say of a basketball player , " He does all the intangibles . Just watch him do his dance . " As lofty as the idea of love can be , Introduction: Love's Vocabulary A LONG DESIRE: THE HISTORY OF LOVE.
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... idea of love can be , no image is too profane to help explain it . Years ago , I fell in love with someone who was both a sport and a pastime . At the end , he made fade - away jump shots in my life . But , for a while , love did all ...
... idea of love can be , no image is too profane to help explain it . Years ago , I fell in love with someone who was both a sport and a pastime . At the end , he made fade - away jump shots in my life . But , for a while , love did all ...
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... idea of love was invented by the Greeks , and romantic love began in the Middle Ages . I know now how misguided such hearsay is . We can find romantic love in the earliest writings of our kind . Much of the vocabulary of love , and the ...
... idea of love was invented by the Greeks , and romantic love began in the Middle Ages . I know now how misguided such hearsay is . We can find romantic love in the earliest writings of our kind . Much of the vocabulary of love , and the ...
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... idea of love changed through the ages ? Do aphrodisiacs really exist ? Do animals feel love ? What are some of love's customs and extravagances ? We have the great fortune to live on a planet abounding with humans , plants , and animals ...
... idea of love changed through the ages ? Do aphrodisiacs really exist ? Do animals feel love ? What are some of love's customs and extravagances ? We have the great fortune to live on a planet abounding with humans , plants , and animals ...
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The Hair | 190 |
Women and Horses | 196 |
Men and Cars | 217 |
Sex and Flying | 227 |
Men and Mermaids | 236 |
Kissing | 249 |
On the Sensuality of Looking | 255 |
The Courtship | 261 |
Marcel Proust and the Erotics of Waiting | 112 |
The Origins of Desire | 123 |
Attachment Theory | 131 |
THE NATURE OF LOVE | 137 |
The Neurophysiology of Love | 146 |
The Plastic Brain | 152 |
The Chemistry of Love | 159 |
Aphrodisiacs | 169 |
THE EROTICS OF LOVE | 175 |
The Face | 181 |
The Marriage | 267 |
Of Cocks and Cunts | 277 |
VARIETIES OF LOVE | 287 |
Life and Death in the South Seas | 308 |
On Religious Love | 314 |
On Transference Love | 322 |
The Museum | 332 |
Selected Bibliography | 338 |
Index | 345 |
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