Thomas Lewis

Richard Lannon

Fari Amini

Debunking Freudian theory, the authors of this groundbreaking analysis of the biological underpinnings of love offer a new paradigm for understanding the human "heart", redefining family ties, community, and romance in the process. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

A General Theory of Love

Teresa Martinho Toldy

Madalena Fenha

Maria da Purificação Cunha Horta

O que é o amor e porque são as pessoas incapazes de o encontrar? O que são as relações e porque funcionam assim? Neste livro todas as questões relacionadas com os sentimentos e sua análise são abordados. Desde o aparecimento da espécie humana que os sentimentos sem explicação levaram a comportamentos confusos e imprevisíveis. A ciência não tinha resposta para eles. Assuntos do coração eram apenas transmitidos pelas artes; literatura, poesia, música, pintura, escultura e dança. Até agora. Na última década houve uma explosão de descobertas científicas sobre o cérebro, que modificaram a forma como pensamos sobre nós próprios, as nossas relações, a nossa sociedade. E é com base nessas descobertas que os três psiquiatras Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini e Richard Lannon se debruçam sobre o mais elementar mistério do ser humano; a natureza do amor.

Uma teoria geral do amor

Drawing comparisons to the most eloquent science writing of our day, 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. The result is an original, lucid, at times moving account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being. A General Theory of Love draws on the latest scientific research to demonstrate 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Fari Amini

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