Becoming Partners: Marriage & Its Alternatives
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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What does it truly mean to build a lasting partnership in a world where the very institution of marriage is being redefined? In Becoming Partners: Marriage & its Alternatives, pioneering humanistic psychologist Carl R. Rogers chronicles the intimate lives of real couples — married, cohabiting, commune-dwelling, and more — drawing on candid interviews to present a sweeping, empathetic portrait of human connection in all its complexity. Rogers argues that no single model of relationship holds a monopoly on meaning or fulfilment, and that the essential ingredient in any lasting bond is a courageous commitment to openness, honesty, and mutual growth. Written with the same warmth and intellectual rigour that distinguished On Becoming a Person, this landmark work applies Rogers' celebrated person-centred philosophy to the intimate sphere, urging readers to shed inherited assumptions about love and commitment. Rogers illustrates how relationships thrive not through rigid convention but through radical authenticity — a proposition as challenging as it is liberating. For anyone who has ever questioned whether the partnership they inhabit is truly the one they have chosen, this book poses a quietly revolutionary question: what kind of partner are you becoming?
Author: Carl R. Rogers
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it truly mean to build a lasting partnership in a world where the very institution of marriage is being redefined? In Becoming Partners: Marriage & its Alternatives, pioneering humanistic psychologist Carl R. Rogers chronicles the intimate lives of real couples — married, cohabiting, commune-dwelling, and more — drawing on candid interviews to present a sweeping, empathetic portrait of human connection in all its complexity. Rogers argues that no single model of relationship holds a monopoly on meaning or fulfilment, and that the essential ingredient in any lasting bond is a courageous commitment to openness, honesty, and mutual growth. Written with the same warmth and intellectual rigour that distinguished On Becoming a Person, this landmark work applies Rogers' celebrated person-centred philosophy to the intimate sphere, urging readers to shed inherited assumptions about love and commitment. Rogers illustrates how relationships thrive not through rigid convention but through radical authenticity — a proposition as challenging as it is liberating. For anyone who has ever questioned whether the partnership they inhabit is truly the one they have chosen, this book poses a quietly revolutionary question: what kind of partner are you becoming?