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Relationships
A Dialectical Perspective
Overview
This volume on close relationships in adulthood discusses the central issues in the field and points the way towards the construction of an integrated body of knowledge about human relationships. The self, interactions, relationships and groups are treated as dynamic processes in dialectical relations with each other and with the socio-cultural structure of norms, values, beliefs and institutions.
Early Chapters
Early chapters introduce aspects of the self relevant to the dynamics of interactions and relationships: Intrapsychic Processes Of Cognition And Emotion Are Emphasized.
Subsequent Chapters
These are followed by chapters discussing the principle characteristics of relationships. Seven further chapters focus on the processes involved in the dynamics of relationships, and later chapters synthesize previous ones in discussions of love and friendship, and the nature of relationship change.
Focus and Context
The focus throughout the text is on current work and current controversy, placed against a background of knowledge that has been built up in recent decades.
