Time and Intimacy: A New Science of Personal RelationshipsThere is a mysterious connection between our experiences of intimacy--of love, the longing to feel connected, and sexual embrace--and the human sense of time--eternity, impermanence, and rhythm. In this critical analysis of the time-intimacy equation, Bennett shows how the scientific study of personal relationships can address this mystery. As a study of transpersonal science, this book points to the possible evolution of intimacy and of our consciousness of time, and how the two evolutionary paths weave together. Dr. Bennett draws from a wide array of resources to advance and marry two compelling themes: first, the social and clinical science of personal relationships should integrate the spiritual or transpersonal dimension of intimacy, and second, science can contribute to lay understandings by describing the richly temporal aspects of relationships. In blending popular literature, transpersonal psychology, and scientific research and theory, this work also attempts to address the lack of dialogue between academics who study personal intimacy and those writers in the popular press who give advice and guidelines for building intimacy. Time and Intimacy is written for a broad audience, intended for those with a general interest in relationships, as well as for students, counselors, and psychologists. It can be used as a text in courses on personal relationships, as well as to supplement courses in humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, interpersonal communication, relationships, marital and family counseling, human relations, and related areas. Because it advances an interdisciplinary understanding of personal relationships, this book is certain to challenge prevailing views about the meaning of intimacy in both the academic and popular literatures. |
Contents
Time and Change From | |
Intimacy Across Situations Model | |
The Process of Intimacy Model | |
Principle | |
Scripts Archescripts Holoscripts Model | |
The Weave of Temporal Sensitivity | |
From | |
Theories of Personal Relationships and the Contextual Model Model | |
Toward a Transpersonal Science | |
Appendix | |
Author Index | |
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Time and Intimacy: A New Science of Personal Relationships Joel B. Bennett No preview available - 2000 |
Time and Intimacy: A New Science of Personal Relationships Joel B. Bennett No preview available - 2000 |
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