Love and will
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May, Rollo
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New York : Norton, [1969].
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The heart of man's dilemma, according to Rollo May, is the failure to understand the real meaning of love and will, their source and interrelation. Bringing fresh insight to these concepts, May shows how we can attain a deeper consciousness.

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Published
New York : Norton, [1969].
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Book
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352 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages [326]-343).
Description
Includes sections on Freud, Puritanism, and Eros.

Table of Contents

Introduction: our schizoid world. Problems as prophetic. The artist and the neurotic. The neurotic as predictive. The emergence of apathy
pt. I. Love. Paradoxes of sex and love. Sexual wilderness. Salvation through technique. The new Puritanism. Freud and Puritanism. Motives of the problem . Revolt against sex
Eros in conflict with sex. The return of repressed Eros. What is Eros? Eros in Plato. Freud and Eros. The union of Eros: a case study. Eros sickening
Love and death. Love as the intimation of mortality. Death and the obsession with sex. The tragic sense in love. The tragic and separation. Contraceptives and the tragic
Love and the daimonic. Defining the daimonic. Objections to the term. The daimonic in primitive psychotherapy. Some historical soundings. Love and the diamonic
The daimonic in dialogue. Dialogue and integration. Stages of the daimonic. The daimonic and the anonymous. The daimonic and knowledge. Naming the daimonic. Naming of the daimonic in therapy
pt. II. Will. The will in crisis. Undermining of personal responsibility. Contradiction in will. The case of John. Will in psychoanalysis. Illusion and will
Wish and will. The demise of will power. Freud's anti-will system. The wish. Illness as the inability to wish. Lack of capacity to wish. William James and will
Intentionality. The roots of intentionality. Example from psychoanalysis. Perception and intentionality. The body and intentionality. Will and intentionality
Intentionality in therapy. Cases of Preston. Stages in therapy. From wish to will. Wish and will to decision. Human freedom
pt. III. Love and will. The relation of love and will. Love and will blocking each other. Impotence as an example. Imagination and time. Union of love and will
The meaning of care. Care in love and will. The mythos of care. Care in our day
Communion of consciousness. Love as personal. Aspects of the love act. Creating of consciousness. Love, will and forms of society.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

May, R. (1969). Love and will ([First edition].). Norton.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

May, Rollo. 1969. Love and Will. New York: Norton.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

May, Rollo. Love and Will New York: Norton, 1969.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

May, R. (1969). Love and will. [First edn]. New York: Norton.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

May, Rollo. Love and Will [First edition]., Norton, 1969.

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