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A General Theory of Love
Thomas Lewis · 2001 · 288 pages
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This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain. A General Theory of Love demonstrates that our nervous systems are not self-contained: from earliest childhood, our brains actually link with those of the people close to us, in a silent rhythm that alters the very structure of our brains, establishes life-long emotional patterns, and makes us, in large part, who we are. Explaining how relationships function, how parents shape their child's developing self, how psychotherapy really works, and how our society dangerously flouts essential emotional laws, this is a work of rare passion and eloquence that will forever change the way you think about human intimacy.
Review
"Three psychiatry professors cover an impressive vista of research and clinical insights from Freud to contemporary neuroscience. . . . the book is well written and provides a credible introduction to the neuroscience of emotions." ---Library Journal
About the Author
Thomas Lewis, MD, is a psychiatrist, writer, and frequent lecturer on neuroscience topics. A Colorado native, Dr. Lewis received his medical education and training at the University of California, San Francisco, where he remains an assistant clinical professor.
Psychiatrist Fari Amini, MD, (d. 2004) served on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine for over thirty years.
Richard Lannon, MD, is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco and founder of UCSF's Affective Disorders Program, integrating psychological concepts with research in the biology of the brain.
Chris Sorensen is a veteran audiobook narrator with over 160 titles to his name. He has received three AudioFile Earphones Awards, and his recording of Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix was selected as one of the Best Audiobooks of 2010 by AudioFile magazine. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and the APA.
This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain. A General Theory of Love demonstrates that our nervous systems are not self-contained: from earliest childhood, our brains actually link with those of the people close to us, in a silent rhythm that alters the very structure of our brains, establishes life-long emotional patterns, and makes us, in large part, who we are. Explaining how relationships function, how parents shape their child's developing self, how psychotherapy really works, and how our society dangerously flouts essential emotional laws, this is a work of rare passion and eloquence that will forever change the way you think about human intimacy.
Review
"Three psychiatry professors cover an impressive vista of research and clinical insights from Freud to contemporary neuroscience. . . . the book is well written and provides a credible introduction to the neuroscience of emotions." ---Library Journal
About the Author
Thomas Lewis, MD, is a psychiatrist, writer, and frequent lecturer on neuroscience topics. A Colorado native, Dr. Lewis received his medical education and training at the University of California, San Francisco, where he remains an assistant clinical professor.
Psychiatrist Fari Amini, MD, (d. 2004) served on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine for over thirty years.
Richard Lannon, MD, is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco and founder of UCSF's Affective Disorders Program, integrating psychological concepts with research in the biology of the brain.
Chris Sorensen is a veteran audiobook narrator with over 160 titles to his name. He has received three AudioFile Earphones Awards, and his recording of Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix was selected as one of the Best Audiobooks of 2010 by AudioFile magazine. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and the APA.
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Erika Hall
“I recommend the book "A General Theory of Love" from which I learned how employers take advantage of the limbic system to get more love and loyalty than they offer. "Assuming mutuality where none exists is a mammal's grave and occasionally fatal error."”↗