{"product_id":"psyche-and-eros-mind-and-gender-in-the-life-course-hardback-9780521433402","title":"Psyche and Eros; Mind and Gender in the Life Course (Hardback) 9780521433402","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePsyche and Eros\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMind and Gender in the Life Course\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1994 book asserts that the experience of development differs along gender lines.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGisela Labouvie-Vief (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521433402, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 August 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.642 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Particularly attractive is the way she uses religion and mythology, as well as literature, psychology and philosophy throughout her work.  The work ends with a valuable bibliography and an index.\"   The Journal of Indo-European Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn Psyche and Eros, first published in 1994, Gisela Labouvie-Vief describes historical and current concepts of mind and development, drawing from disciplines as diverse as philosophy, mythology, religion, literature, and psychology. She then presents a powerful theory of the maturing of mind, which brings together her empirical work and her exploration into mythology. The classical Greek myth of the gods Psyche and Eros serves as an evocative illustration of the author's theory. Psyche and Eros  asserts that the core experience of development differs along gender lines. Rationality is regarded as masculine, while imagination is viewed as feminine. Competition between 'masculine' and 'feminine' parts of the mind has limited our ability to describe the mind and its development over the life course, just as it limits our experiences of development as men and women. The author suggests that we overcome the dualistic way of thinking about mind, and see how rationality and imagination can complement each other.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Prelude\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Mind Divided: 2. The rage of Aphrodite: the vertical mind\u003cbr\u003e 3. The marriage of death: ascent and loss in development\u003cbr\u003e 4. Night and day: reason and gender\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Mind Restored: 5. Knife and lamp: Mythos rediscovered\u003cbr\u003e 6. Psyche's trials: the transformation of desire\u003cbr\u003e 7. Postlude: the sacred marriage\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social, group or collective psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social,%20group%20or%20collective%20psychology%20%5BJMH%5D%22\"\u003eJMH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007290429720,"sku":"9780521433402","price":80.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521433402i_020e6dce-7370-40fc-916b-25641586a849.jpg?v=1691381779","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/psyche-and-eros-mind-and-gender-in-the-life-course-hardback-9780521433402","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}