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Intimacy : understanding the subtle power of human connection / Ziyad Marar.

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158.2 MARA	Adult Non Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .

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ISBN	9781844655274 (hbk.)
ISBN	184465527X (hbk.)
Name	Marar, Ziyad
Title	Intimacy : understanding the subtle power of human connection / Ziyad Marar.
Published	Durham : Acumen, 2012.
Description	x, 228 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-220) and index.
Contents	1. Only Connect -- 2. Translating Intimacy -- 3. The Kiss -- Pt. 1. Intimacy Through Four Lenses -- 4. It Takes Two -- 5. A Conspiracy -- 6. Unruly Emotion -- 7. A Complicated Kindness -- Pt. 2. Barriers to Intimacy -- 8. Insecurities -- 9. Solipsism and Imaginative Failures -- 10. Wishful Thinking -- 11. Cultures and Contexts -- Pt. 3. Finding Intimacy -- 12. Learning from Literature -- 13. In Good Faith.
Summary	Often confused with love, intimacy is in many ways more important. In this bold new exploration Marar shows how the pursuit of that emotional, conspiratorial but ultimately kind (rather than nice) bond with another person is central to a life well lived.
Subjects	Intimacy (Psychology)
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Intimacy (Psychology) . See Also: Emotions . Interpersonal relations . Love . Separation (Psychology) . Authors: Marar, Ziyad .