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Intimacy and Power: The Dynamics of Personal Relationships in Modern Society
Derek Layder
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Description for Intimacy and Power: The Dynamics of Personal Relationships in Modern Society
Hardcover. This book explores the nature of intimacy by revealing how the influence of individual, interpersonal and wider social factors create variations in self-disclosure, intimacy games and relationship habits. It describes how the dynamics of power and control in relationships give rise either to mutual satisfaction or to the unraveling of intimacy. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMH; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
This book explores the nature of intimacy by revealing how the influence of individual, interpersonal and wider social factors create variations in self-disclosure, intimacy games and relationship habits. It describes how the dynamics of power and control in relationships give rise either to mutual satisfaction or to the unraveling of intimacy.
This book explores the nature of intimacy by revealing how the influence of individual, interpersonal and wider social factors create variations in self-disclosure, intimacy games and relationship habits. It describes how the dynamics of power and control in relationships give rise either to mutual satisfaction or to the unraveling of intimacy.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230579569
SKU
V9780230579569
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99-15
About Derek Layder
DEREK LAYDER is Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester, UK and Eminent Research Visitor, University of Western Sydney, Australia. His most recent publications include Social and Personal Identity, Emotion in Social Life, and Understanding Social Theory.
Reviews for Intimacy and Power: The Dynamics of Personal Relationships in Modern Society
'...an essential and indispensable source in the study of close and intimate relationships, not only because of its authoritative critique of Giddens' and Beck and Beck-Gernsheim's renowned theories of modern intimacy, but also because it is an impressive attempt to re-theorise this field of study by considering the dimensions of intimacy and introducing different types of intimate relationships in modernity.' ... Read more