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Book SynopsisIn Primary Love, Dr. Klein describes love and intimacy as they evolve in the context of family relations from birth to maturity in adulthood. Once the original attachment and the loving, intimate bond between a mother and her infant-child are established, primary love is founded and secured. Every relationship of love and intimacy formed thereafter has - as its foundation, nature, and design - the original, pristine, loving relationship encountered in the very earliest period of life. When two adults form a mature, intimate relationship, it is the unconscious wish of both partners to recapture and claim the bliss and the ecstasy of primary love, nestled securely in a mother''s loving and ministering arms. Dr. Klein''s view of love and intimacy is that which is found in the ideal marriage and family, fully acknowledging that the pure and perfect marriage and family does not exist. Yet, the perfectly described nature of marriage and the family serves as an ideal toward which to strive, f
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: This Thing We Call Love Chapter 3 1. Love and the Subjective World of the Infant Chapter 4 2. Love and Motherhood Chapter 5 3. Love and the Mutuality of Mother-Infant Experience Chapter 6 4. Love and Fatherhood Chapter 7 5. Love and Individuation: Differentiation and Integration in Toddlerhood Chapter 8 6. Love and the Family Triangle Chapter 9 7. Love and the Adolescent Experience Chapter 10 8. Falling in Love Chapter 11 9. The Mature Love and Sexuality of Adulthood Chapter 12 10. The Loss of a Loved One Chapter 13 11. Primary Love in Summary Chapter 14 After Word Chapter 15 Notes
