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Riti e miti della seduzione

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"La seduzione opera ovunque, ha molteplici sembianze e nomi, non possiamo ridurla al fenomeno dell'attrazione erotica tra due esseri, ma dobbiamo conferirle un significato molto ampio, che racchiude ogni ricerca mossa da eros: da quella dello scienziato nel suo laboratorio, alle esplorazioni dei viaggiatori verso nuove mete, al pellegrinaggio perpetuo dei monaci, agli amorosi lamenti degli antichi trovatori. Ovunque c'è eros, c'è seduzione. Ma, come ci ricordano gli antichi, la seduzione non è un'attrazione armoniosa del simile per il simile, un movimento di avvicinamento che corona il sogno di un'unione perfetta, che acquieta i cuori e li sospinge l'uno verso l'altro beatamente. Essa è insidiosa, subdola, pericolosa, apre ferite, scardina gli equilibri, getta l'anima nelle tenebre.Meglio non essere toccati da lei, affermavano i tragici greci, perché non lascia indenni, al contrario, rovina, porta distruzione e perdita." Di qui, l'esigenza di meglio comprendere i più segreti meccanismi che regolano questa "forza sottile e imperscrutabile che attrae gli esseri l'uno verso l'altro". Aldo Carotenuto ci guida attraverso i molteplici misteri della seduzione, in un saggio che ne affronta con grande lucidità e chiarezza tutti gli aspetti - dalla seduzione amorosa a quella analitica - esplorando i miti, i riti, i luoghi in cui ogni atto di seduzione si compie, facendosi inevitabilmente deviare dai consueti percorsi.

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

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Aldo Carotenuto

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Professor of personality theory at the University of Rome and the director of the Review of Analytical Psychoanalysis and the Historical Journal of Dynamic Psychology.

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1,239 reviews32 followers
August 14, 2019
[...]- Η αποπλάνηση είναι κάτι παραπάνω από μια περιστασιακή εμπειρία της συναισθηματικής μας ζωής. Αποτελεί μια σταθερά ολοκλήρωσης της ύπαρξής μας, είτε υφιστάμεθα είτε εξασκούμε την αποπλάνηση, είναι το ίδιο το νήμα που μας φέρνει σε επαφή, σε αρμονικό συντονισμό με τον κόσμο.

- Το αποπλανημένο άτομο έχει αιχμαλωτισθεί, έχει αποσπασθεί από μια συγκεκριμένη τάξη νοημάτων, έχει οδηγηθεί αλλού, σε άλλο τόπο, έχει πιαστεί στα δίχτυα μιας δύναμης στην οποία δεν μπορεί να αντισταθεί.

- Ο έρωτας πραγματώνει μια παραβίαση του ατόμου, εάν για άτομο εννοούμε ένα υποκείμενο που διατηρεί σχέσεις συναλλαγής με την πραγματικότητα, με σκοπό το όφελος και απαρχή τη δική του προσωπική ισορροπία, δηλαδή τις δικές του προσωπικές ανάγκες. Ο έρωτας διαταράσσει αυτή την ισορροπία, εισάγοντας ένα νέο στοιχείο: τις ανάγκες του άλλου.

- Ακόμη και η έντονη σεξουαλική δραστηριότητα, όπως θα δούμε εμβαθύνοντας στην περίπτωση του Δον Ζουάν, μπορεί να ερμηνευθεί σαν διαφυγή από τη σχέση. Αυτό μπορεί να δείχνει μια αδυναμία του υποκειμένου να ξεπεράσει τη φάση της επιδερμικής και άμεσης επαφής, ώστε να οδηγηθεί στην πλήρη και σταθερή εμπλοκή με το αντικείμενο. [...]
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May 11, 2022
Great start, long finish...
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June 27, 2015
This is seduction in both the metaphorical sense and, strangely, the literal -- think se-duce, think trans-port, think 'being carried away', and then -- think in-spiration and e-motion. This book is about how human ambition is driven, not exactly what makes one tick but how the clock ticks for one. Forget the pink slip featured on the sensational cover; it's the I of the beholder that is being examined. Carotenuto is certainly an excellent psychologist and metaphysicist.
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June 25, 2008
I was given this by my father-in-law. Aldo may be a distant cousin of mine. This is a tough read--very dense discussion of the psychology-metaphysics-philosohpy of seduction. Definitely not bedtime reading.
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