Product Description

The heart of man's dilemma, according to the author, is the failure to understand the real meaning of love and will, their source and interrelation. Bringing fresh insight to these concepts, this work shows how we can attain a deeper consciousness.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42701 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
"An extraordinary book on sex and civilization... An important contribution to contemporary morality." Newsweek "Wise, rich, witty and indispensable... It should have led any list of important books." The New York Times"

About the Author
ROLLO MAY (1909-1994) was an influential existential psychologist and the author of Man's Search for Himself, Power and Innocence and The Courage to Create.

Customer Reviews

Anyone wishing to truly comprehend love must read this book!
Simply stated, this is the most intelligent book I have ever read. Rollo May goes to extrordinary lengths to dissect the misunderstood concept of love. He traces love from the Greeks to modern day. Each page challenges the reader to rethink his/her superficial understanding of love. The author's case studies from his own psychoanalytic practice provide relevant examples of how the values of modern society have reduced love to a physical act of gratification. Anyone interested in improving themselves as a human being must read this very challenging and thought provoking book.

Not just another book trying to help us help ourselves
Rollo May merges psychology with philosophy to put contemporary views on love, sex and happiness in perspective. With insight that draws upon centuries of great thinkers, May points out some subtle paradoxes that being in love creates. He examines how our intentions often have to be redirected in order to get what we desire, and by that time, we forget what it was that we were after. Love and Will is no self-help book with fluffy answers or advice. It is an attempt to reconcile our emotions with our actions, ambitious as it is illuminating.