Is It Ever Just Sex?
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2025
Summary
‘It was just sex…’
It’s a familiar claim. But it’s also an impossibility, as Darian Leader shows in this delightfully thought-provoking study.
Our bodies aren’t just sticks that make fire when you rub them together, and our minds don’t simply stand by - as we can see from the pain, heartache and regret that so often accompany the highs of sexual excitement.
As acclaimed psychoanalyst Darian Leader argues, with his trademark clarity, energy and wit, sex is always about …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241998168 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241998166 |
| Author: | Darian Leader |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
Sensitively written and full of insight … Leader’s examples are highly accessible … undoubtedly compelling * Sunday Times *The revered psychoanalyst has penned a thoughtful book about our everyday sexual lives – and why there is no such thing as “just sex”. With a convincing argument as to why it is so much more than that, this is a thoroughly engaging and ever-illuminating read * iNews *Leader writes beautifully, with majestic clarity and an easy flow between argument and case-study * Daily Telegraph *
About The Author
Darian Leader
Darian Leader is a psychoanalyst and the author of many books, including The New Black, What Is Madness? and Is It Ever Just Sex?. He practises psychoanalysis in London, and he is a founding member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research and a member of the College of Psychoanalysts UK.
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