An edition of Mating in Captivity (2006)

L'intelligence érotique

faire vivre le désir dans le couple

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An edition of Mating in Captivity (2006)

L'intelligence érotique

faire vivre le désir dans le couple

  • 3.83 ·
  • 12 Ratings
  • 78 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

Maintenant que la génération des baby boomers et celles qui l'ont suivie peuvent avoir autant de relations sexuelles qu'elles le veulent, elles semblent en avoir perdu l'envie... . Convaincue, après avoir suivi des centaines de couples (hétérosexuels, homosexuels, avec ou sans enfants et de tous âges), qu'il n'y a pas de fatalité au déclin du désir amoureux, la thérapeute Esther Perel nous livre ici une analyse révolutionnaire de ce phénomène. Loin de s'appuyer sur les raisons habituellement évoquées, comme le stress et les problèmes de communication, l'auteur pointe le besoin de fusion et de stabilité des couples modernes, profondément antinomique selon elle avec le désir ! Elle nous invite donc à chasser de la chambre à coucher les idéaux égalitaires et autres attentes affectives... Faisant fi du politiquement correct, elle propose de cultiver la distance au sein du couple, mais aussi d'explorer une sexualité plus libérée afin de faire (re)naître l'étincelle du désir. Elle en appelle au jeu et à l'imagination, pour réintroduire du risque dans la sécurité, et même à la poésie, qui ont cimenté tant de couples à leurs débuts ! Rien d'irréaliste, mais des suggestions à mettre en pratique de toute urgence !

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Publisher
Robert Laffont
Language
French
Pages
312

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L'intelligence érotique
Sep 19, 2013, POCKET, Pocket
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Cover of: Mating in Captivity
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
November 1, 2007, Harper Paperbacks
in English
Cover of: L'intelligence érotique
L'intelligence érotique: faire vivre le désir dans le couple
2007, Robert Laffont
in French
Cover of: Mating in Captivity
Mating in Captivity
2006, HarperCollins
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Cover of: Mating in Captivity
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
September 5, 2006, HarperCollins
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Edition Notes

Bibliogr.: p. 305-[310].

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Paris
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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
155.3
Library of Congress
HQ734 P4714.2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
312 p.
Number of pages
312

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32121087M
Internet Archive
lintelligenceero0000pere
ISBN 10
222110353X
ISBN 13
9782221103531
OCLC/WorldCat
757237330

Work Description

Why does great sex so often fade for couples who claim to love each other as much as ever? Can we want what we already have? Why does the transition to parenthood so often spell erotic disaster? Does good intimacy always make for good sex? Ether Perel takes on these tough questions, grappling with the obstacles and anxieties that arise when our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. She invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home.In her twenty years of clinical experience, Perel has treated hundreds of couples whose home lives are empty of passion. They describe relationships that are open and loving, yet sexually dull. What is going on?In this explosively original book, Perel explains that our cultural penchant for equality, togetherness, and absolute candor is antithetical to erotic desire for both men and women. Sexual excitement doesn't always play by the rules of good citizenship. It is politically incorrect. It thrives on power plays, unfair advantages, and the space between self and other. More exciting, playful, even poetic sex is possible, but first we must kick egalitarian ideals and emotional housekeeping out of our bedrooms.While Mating in Captivity shows why the domestic realm can feel like a cage, Perel's take on bedroom dynamics promises to liberate, enchant, and provoke. Flinging the doors open on erotic life and domesticity, she invites us to put the "X" back in sex.

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