Reviews
'Kappeler ... takes us through why the personal is political, and where the private comes from, personal communication behaviours, ego-psychology, female desire and the democratisation of violence and relationships as trade.'
–Michelle Mae, Muse
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Violence and the will to violence
Why the personal is political, and where the private comes from
Love of foreigners and love of the ‘other’
Personal communication behaviour is political
Is the political psychological?
Psychotherapy, or the legitimation of irresponsibility?
Ego-psychology, or My relationship and I
Ego-philosophy, or the battle with reality
Sex and the intimate relationship
Female desire, or the democratization of violence
Relationship as trade, or the free market of bodies and services
Needs, or the legitimation or dominance
Identity, or history turned biology
Resistance and the will to resistance
Notes
Index