JEALOUSY

Oxy publications will present in the Istar gender anthropology series, Professor Peter Van Sommers' study Jealousy. Professor van Sommers' book answers many questions, including: - Is jealousy a form of immaturity? - Does therapy work? - How well have California swingers and other alternative religious communities succeeded in eliminating jealousy from their lives? inquisitive questions lie at the heart of this accessible and admirably wide-ranging effort to understand the emotion of jealousy. Drawing on a combination of psychological research and groundbreaking common sense, the author examines in turn biological and Freudian theories, how people behave in the South Seas and how in the harsh Mediterranean, sexual jealousy and jealousy within families. Furthermore, the book draws examples from important works of art (literature, cinema, etc.), thus helping the reader to understand the phenomenon of jealousy more deeply, but also to draw parallels with his daily life. Finally, the book is accompanied by a rich bibliography, making it a reference tool for all those who wish to delve into the recesses of the human psyche.