1st Edition

The Dark Side of Love The Positive Role of Negative Feelings

Edited By Jane Goldberg Copyright 1993
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

306 Pages
by Routledge

Many mothers have disturbing fantasies of killing their children. Husbands imagine, with guilt, cheating on their wives. Parents stand on the brink of hitting their teenage children, or may actually do so, while the teens fabricate elaborate strategies of revenge. Hurt, pain, uncontrollable rage, and other forms of abuse also make up the dark side of love. This landmark book has a bold thesis:... Read more
Introduction; I: Love’s Dilemmas; 1: The Myths of Love; 2: Loving Love and Hating Hate; 3: The First Face of Narcissism; 4: The Second Face of Narcissism; II: The Chronology of Loves; 5: The Dark Side of Mother Love; 6: The Dark Side of Family Love; 7: The Dark Side of Romantic Love; 8: The Dark Side of Marriage; III: Out of the Shadows and Into the Light; 9: The Hate That Heals; 10: Cooperative Love and the Birth of Consciousness; 11: The Reflective Light of Psychotherapy

Biography

Jane Goldberg