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Intimacy and Power

The Dynamics of Personal Relationships in Modern Society

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Derek Layder

    1. University of Leicester, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Understanding Couple Intimacy

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Varieties of Couple Intimacy

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 10-35

  4. Psycho-Emotional Needs

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 36-50

  5. Intimacy and Interpersonal Control

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 51-62

  6. Gender, Intimacy Styles and Skills

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 63-83

  7. Arguments, Indirectness and Non-Disclosure

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 84-97

  8. Personal Strategies and Repertoires

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 98-112

  9. Deficit or Energy-Draining Games

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 113-129

  10. Energising Games

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 130-145

  11. The Erosion of Intimacy

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 146-159

  12. The Nature of Modern Intimacy

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 160-169

  13. Intimacy, Power and Social Domains

    • Derek Layder
    Pages 170-179

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 180-190
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About this book

This book explores the nature of intimacy by revealing how the influence of individual, interpersonal and wider social factors create variations in self-disclosure, intimacy games and relationship habits. It describes how the dynamics of power and control in relationships give rise either to mutual satisfaction or to the unraveling of intimacy.

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'...an essential and indispensable source in the study of close and intimate relationships, not only because of its authoritative critique of Giddens' and Beck and Beck-Gernsheim's renowned theories of modern intimacy, but also because it is an impressive attempt to re-theorise this field of study by considering the dimensions of intimacy and introducing different types of intimate relationships in modernity.' - Sociology

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Leicester, UK

    Derek Layder

About the author

DEREK LAYDER is Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester, UK and Eminent Research Visitor, University of Western Sydney, Australia. His most recent publications include Social and Personal Identity, Emotion in Social Life, and Understanding Social Theory. 

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