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Jealousy has not always been a harmful passion to be disdained. This is what Giulia Sissa reminds us in a fascinating work that resolutely counters today's conventional wisdom. L'Express A rich historical reflection on the way that sexual relations and erotic passion have been understood and codified in Western culture from Aristotle to Hegel...A re-evaluation of amorous jealousy, reclaiming the courage to admit the inadmissible. Il Sole 24 Ore

Forget self-help books. Sissa rescues jealousy from the moralists, the philosophers, and an industry devoted to amplifying shame in the guise of therapy with her passionate and altogether compelling defense of erotic anger as the lifeblood of amorous relationships. Giving us much more than a history of jealousy, Sissa enlarges the lover's discourse with her capacious intelligence. Brooke Holmes, Princeton University an eloquent cri de coeur by a woman who...has shaken off the long Western tradition that repressed women's jealousy and shamed the jealous. Times Literary Supplement

Jealousy has not always been a harmful passion to be disdained. This is what Giulia Sissa reminds us in a fascinating work that resolutely counters today's conventional wisdom. L'Express A rich historical reflection on the way that sexual relations and erotic passion have been understood and codified in Western culture from Aristotle to Hegel....A re-evaluation of amorous jealousy, reclaiming the courage to admit the inadmissible. Il Sole 24 Ore

""Forget self-help books. Sissa rescues jealousy from the moralists, the philosophers, and an industry devoted to amplifying shame in the guise of therapy with her passionate and altogether compelling defense of erotic anger as the lifeblood of amorous relationships. Giving us much more than a history of jealousy, Sissa enlarges the lover’s discourse with her capacious intelligence."" Brooke Holmes, Princeton University ""an eloquent cri de coeur by a woman who…has shaken off the long Western tradition that repressed women’s jealousy and shamed the jealous."" Times Literary Supplement

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Giulia Sissa is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Classics at UCLA. Among her many books are The Greek Virginity, The Daily Life of the Greek Gods and Sex and Sensuality in the Ancient World.

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