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Contemporary Perspectives on Relational Wellness

Psychoanalysis and the Modern Family

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Authors:
  1. Floriana Irtelli

    1. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy

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  • Analyze how couples are no longer consolidated by past social impositions and religious authority
  • Discusses increases in extramarital sex, cohabitation, and the falling popularity of marriage
  • Explores the role of children in these new dynamics

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Society, Family, Subjects

    • Floriana Irtelli
    Pages 1-37

  3. Love, Actually

    • Floriana Irtelli
    Pages 39-55

  4. Marriage and the Parental Bond?

    • Floriana Irtelli
    Pages 57-78

  5. Fidelity, Jealousy and Betrayal

    • Floriana Irtelli
    Pages 79-102

  6. Stepfamily

    • Floriana Irtelli
    Pages 103-122

  7. Relational Well-Being

    • Floriana Irtelli
    Pages 123-137

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 139-151
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About this book

This book proposes new perspectives on relational wellness and the contemporary family—combining a psychoanalytic overview with scientific research about the burgeoning popularity of divorce, the increase in “stepfamilies,” and the use of social networks as well as other technologies. In this day and age, psychoanalysis has become increasingly interested in hyper-modern scenarios; for example, social networks and apps provide matching algorithms, which allow users to connect with people of similar interests. These networks have become one of the places where dissatisfied partners seek "more satisfactory situations.” In the United Kingdom, cohabitation lasts for up to two years, on average, and 40% of marriages end in divorce. In the United States, the percentage rises: it has now reached 50%. Today the value of temporariness, in which everything is fragmented, is exalted. On the other hand, is it wrong to deny the natural ebb and flow of human feeling? 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy

    Floriana Irtelli

About the author

Floriana Irtelli is Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis at Catholic University of Sacred Hearth, Milan, Italy.

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