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A Biography of Loneliness
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- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
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Despite 21st-century fears of an "epidemic" of loneliness, its history has been sorely neglected. A Biography of Loneliness offers a radically new interpretation of loneliness as an emotional language and experience.
Using letters and diaries, philosophical tracts, political discussions, and medical literature from the 18th century to the present, historian of the emotions Fay Bound Alberti argues that loneliness is not a historical, universal phenomenon. It is, in fact, a modern emotion: before 1800, its language did not exist. And where loneliness is identified, it is not always bad, but a complex emotional state that differs according to class, gender, ethnicity, and experience.
Looking at informative case studies such as Sylvia Plath, Queen Victoria, and Virginia Woolf, A Biography of Loneliness charts the emergence of loneliness as a modern and embodied emotional state.
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- 12-10-20
Not as interesting as it might seem
The description says loudly that "A Biography of Loneliness offers a radically new interpretation of loneliness as an emotional language and experience. " No new radical interpretation is actually given. The whole book is just about reading the definitions of "loneliness" and its family words (solitude, isolation and others) from Cambridge Dictionary and the statistics of loneliness depending on age, social status, social networks and so on (mostly from UK).
I was hoping to have a large philosophical view on the state of being alone in this book but it seems that philosophy is dead in our century. Better take Stoics, Nietzsche and the classics if you want to understand yourself and your loneliness.
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Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending - balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world at constant war, a political system in disarray. We hear some myths and lies so frequently that they feel like truths: Civilization is humankind’s greatest accomplishment. Progress is undeniable. Count your blessings. You’re lucky to be alive here and now. Civilized to Death counters the idea that progress is inherently good, arguing that the "progress" defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease.
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Congintive Dissonance
- By Konnor C on 12-06-19
By: Christopher Ryan
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The All-or-Nothing Marriage
- How the Best Marriages Work
- By: Eli J. Finkel
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Eli J. Finkel's insightful and ground-breaking investigation of marriage clearly shows that the best marriages today are better than the best marriages of earlier eras. Indeed, they are the best marriages the world has ever known. He presents his findings here for the first time in this lucid, inspiring guide to modern marital bliss.
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just read the fourth section
- By James Caviness on 01-04-18
By: Eli J. Finkel
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Refusing Compulsory Sexuality
- A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
- By: Sherronda J. Brown, Hess Love - foreword, Grace B Freedom - afterword
- Narrated by: Yu-Li Alice Shen
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The notion that everyone wants sex—and that we all have to have it—is false. It’s intertwined with our ideas about capitalism, race, gender, and queerness. And it impacts the most marginalized among us. For asexual folks, it means that ace and A-spec identity is often defined by a queerness that’s not queer enough, seen through a lens of perceived lack: lack of pleasure, connection, joy, maturity, and even humanity. In this exploration of what it means to be Black and asexual in America today, Sherronda J. Brown offers new perspectives on asexuality.
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Their pen!
- By Joena Jones on 03-16-23
By: Sherronda J. Brown, and others
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The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
- By: Jane Ward
- Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Heterosexuality is in crisis. Reports of sexual harassment, misconduct, and rape saturate the news in the era of #MeToo. Straight men and women spend thousands of dollars every day on relationship coaches, seduction boot camps, and couples' therapy in a search for happiness. In The Tragedy of Heterosexuality, Jane Ward smartly explores what, exactly, is wrong with heterosexuality in the 21st century, and what straight people can do to fix it for good.
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Fantastic
- By Jonathan Rosales on 03-24-23
By: Jane Ward
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On Freedom
- Four Songs of Care and Constraint
- By: Maggie Nelson
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long star turn coming to a close? Does a continued obsession with the term enliven and emancipate, or reflect a deepening nihilism (or both)? On Freedom examines such questions by tracing the concept's complexities in four distinct realms: art, sex, drugs, and climate.
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Just great
- By Kristi Strong on 12-14-21
By: Maggie Nelson
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Polysecure
- Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
- By: Jessica Fern
- Narrated by: Jessica Fern, Eve Rickert, Nora Samaran
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern breaks new ground by extending attachment theory into the realm of consensual nonmonogamy. Using her nested model of attachment and trauma, she expands our understanding of how emotional experiences can influence our relationships. Then, she sets out six specific strategies to help you move toward secure attachments in your multiple relationships.
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Insanely boring, poor audio quality & narration
- By shwiftyone on 03-29-21
By: Jessica Fern
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Living Between Worlds
- Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times
- By: James Hollis PhD
- Narrated by: Michael Cover
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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What guides us when our world is changing? Discover the path to deeper meaning and purpose through depth psychology and classical thought.
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A book of knowledge or a book of experience
- By XiaoHu on 06-25-20
By: James Hollis PhD
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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
- Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
- By: Carl R. Trueman
- Narrated by: Carl R. Trueman
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends — yet no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of the self.
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Best book I read in 2021 by far
- By Jfree on 12-18-21
By: Carl R. Trueman
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Loving Someone Who Has Dementia
- How to Find Hope While Coping with Stress and Grief
- By: Pauline Boss PhD
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Nearly half of US citizens over the age of 85 are suffering from some kind of dementia and require care. Loving Someone Who Has Dementia is a new kind of caregiving book. It's not about the usual techniques, but about how to manage on-going stress and grief. The book is for caregivers, family members, friends, and neighbors, as well as educators and professionals - anyone touched by the epidemic of dementia. Dr. Boss helps caregivers find hope in "ambiguous loss" - having a loved one both here and not here, physically present but psychologically absent.
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Thoughtful, real time help
- By Kelliann Hale on 06-27-19
By: Pauline Boss PhD
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Man’s Search for Himself
- By: Rollo May
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Loneliness, boredom, emptiness: These are the complaints that Rollo May encountered over and over from his patients. In response, he probes the hidden layers of personality to reveal the core of man's integration - a basic and inborn sense of value. Man's Search for Himself is an illuminating view of our predicament in an age of overwhelming anxieties and gives guidance on how to choose, judge, and act during such times.
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Good and introspective
- By Eric Friedman on 11-07-19
By: Rollo May
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Jungian Psychoanalysis: Working in the Spirit of Carl Jung
- By: Murray Stein editor
- Narrated by: Cynthia Wallace
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Written by 40 of the most notable Jungian psychoanalysts - spanning 11 countries, and boasting decades of study and expertise - Jungian Psychoanalysis represents the pinnacle of Jungian thought. This handbook brings up to date the perspectives in the field of clinically applied analytical psychology, centering on five areas of interest: the fundamental goals of Jungian psychoanalysis, the methods of treatment used in pursuit of these goals, reflections on the analytic process, the training of future analysts, and much more.
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Not for the faint of heart.
- By David on 08-16-18
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Divergent Mind
- Thriving in a World that Wasn't Designed for You
- By: Jenara Nerenberg
- Narrated by: Tegan Ashton Cohan
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women - those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder - exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.
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Provided no insight
- By Somebody on 06-24-20
By: Jenara Nerenberg