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OverviewOrganised around a single question: is love possible?, Brown's book provides conceptualisations of love and its possibility from sociological, philosophical and psychoanalytic viewpoints. She argues for the importance of a psychosocial understanding of love and provides a critical discussion of the philosophy and methods of Psychosocial Studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. BrownPublisher: Palgrave USA Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 2006 ed. Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9781403995025ISBN 10: 1403995028 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 06 June 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsBrown...provide[s] insightful reflections on the phenomenology of love...and offers a helpful reflection on the links between ethnography and psychoanalysis. Overall, Brown's foray into the chaotic and poetic sources of love and its role in society serves as a valuable contrast to currently fashionable quantatative and neurological reductionism. - C.J. Churchill, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Choice Magazine Brown...provide[s] insightful reflections on the phenomenology of love...and offers a helpful reflection on the links between ethnography and psychoanalysis. Overall, Brown's foray into the chaotic and poetic sources of love and its role in society serves as a valuable contrast to currently fashionable quantatative and neurological reductionism. -- C.J. Churchill, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Choice Magazine Brown...provide[s] insightful reflections on the phenomenology of love...and offers a helpful reflection on the links between ethnography and psychoanalysis. Overall, Brown's foray into the chaotic and poetic sources of love and its role in society serves as a valuable contrast to currently fashionable quantatative and neurological reductionism. -- C.J. Churchill, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Choice Magazine Author InformationJOANNE BROWN is a Lecturer in Mental Health at Southampton University, UK. She taught for many years in the Psychosocial Studies subject area at the University of East London. Her research interests and publications are informed by a disciplinary approach that combines socio-cultural theory and methods with psychoanalytic theory. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |