Jealousy: A Forbidden Passion

Author:   Giulia Sissa
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:  

9781509511853


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   27 October 2017
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Our Price $36.95 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Jealousy: A Forbidden Passion


Add your own review!

Overview

Amorous jealousy is not a monster, as Shakespeare's venomous Iago claims. It is neither prickly and bitter fancy nor a cruel and mean passion, nor yet a symptom of feeble self-esteem. All those who have experienced its wounds are well aware that it is not callous, nasty, delusional and ridiculous. It is just painful. Yet for centuries moralists have poured scorn and contempt on a feeling that, in their view, we should fight in every possible way. It is allegedly a disease to be treated, a moral vice to be eradicated, an ugly, pre-modern, illiberal, proprietary emotion to be overcome. Above all, no one should ever admit to being jealous. So should we silence this embarrassing sentiment? Or should we, like the heroines of Greek tragedy, see it as a fundamental human demand for reciprocity in love? By examining its cultural history from the ancient Greeks to La Rochefoucauld, Hobbes, Kant, Stendhal, Freud, Beauvoir, Sartre and Lacan, this book demonstrates how jealousy, far from being a 'green-eyed' fiend, reveals the intense and apprehensive nature of all erotic love, which is the desire to be desired. We should never be ashamed to love.

Full Product Details

Author:   Giulia Sissa
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781509511853


ISBN 10:   1509511857
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   27 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Table of Contents

Reviews

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


Author Information

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.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

MRG2025CC

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List