A General Theory of Love

作者 Richard Lewis著
出版社 Vintage
出版时间 2001年1月
ISBN 9780375709227
定价 119.50

内容简介

Drawingcomparisonstothemosteloquentsciencewritingofourday,threeeminentpsychiatriststacklethedifficulttaskofreconcilingwhatartistsandthinkershaveknownforthousandsofyearsaboutthehumanheartwithwhathasonlyrecentlybeenlearnedabouttheprimitivefunctionsofthehumanbrain.Theresultisanoriginal,lucid,attimesmovingaccountofthecomplexitiesofloveanditsessentialroleinhumanwell-being.AGeneralTheoryofLovedrawsonthelatestscientificresearchtodemonstratethatournervoussystemsarenotself-contained:fromearliestchildhood,ourbrainsactuallylinkwiththoseofthepeopleclosetous,inasilentrhythmthatalterstheverystructureofourbrains,establisheslife-longemotionalpatterns,andmakesus,inlargepart,whoweare.Explaininghowrelationshipsfunction,howparentsshapetheirchild’sdevelopingself,howpsychotherapyreallyworks,andhowoursocietydangerouslyfloutsessentialemotionallaws,thisisaworkofrarepassionandeloquencethatwillforeverchangethewayyouthinkabouthumanintimacy.

作者简介

ThomasLewis,M.D.isanassistantclinicalprofessorofpsychiatryattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco,SchoolofMedicine,andaformerassociatedirectoroftheAffectiveDisordersProgramthere.Dr.Lewiscurrentlydivideshistimebetweenwriting,privatepractice,andteachingattheUCSFmedicalschool.HelivesinSausalito,California.FariAmini,M.D.isaprofessorofpsychiatryattheUCSFSchoolofMedicine.BornandraisedinIran,hegraduatedfrommedicalschoolatUCSFandhasservedonthefacultythereforthirty-threeyears.Dr.Aminiismarried,hassixchildren,andlivesinRoss,California.RichardLannon,M.D.isanassociateclinicalprofessorofpsychiatryattheUCSFSchoolofMedicine.In1980,Dr.LannonfoundedtheAffectiveDisordersProgramatUCSF,apioneeringefforttointegratepsychologicalconceptswiththeemergingbiologyofthebrain.Dr.Lannonismarriedandthefatheroftwo;helivesinGreenbrae,California.

丛书

Vintage

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