For Better For Worse - Essays on Sex, Love, Marriage, and More

Love, like madness, can only fill the models that society makes available.
We are the ultimate social animal. Our intimate relationships are the most important thing in our life, often, more important than life itself-insofar as we would die for those we love.
But at a time of unprecedented social and technological change, the path to the intimacy that we crave has been confused, leaving us more connected and yet more alone and uncertain than ever before.
This book is intended as a thinking person's guide to marriage and its alternatives, and to human relationships and sexuality in general.
Even if you have already determined your destination, even if you have already set sail, this book should help you to navigate the storms and doldrums that lie ahead, and, more important still, to question the very purpose and value of your journey.
A tour-de-force: erudite, funny, and even wise. -Prof Anthony Synott, author of The Body Social and Re-Thinking Men
Burton guides the reader to unlearn, rediscover, and return to wholeness. It is a journey out of Plato's cave... -The International Review of Books
Burton is never short of an interesting and sharp judgment.  -Prof Peter Toohey, Psychology Today
I've read many Neel Burton books. He's a wonderful writer and able to immerse you lightly in pretty heavy stuff. -Adrian Bailey, Vine Voice
Burton's writing blends deep knowledge of his subject with lively anecdote and a genuine concern for how we might draw on the insights of psychology and philosophy to live a better life. Highly recommended! -Gareth Southwell, philosopher and writer
About the author
Dr Neel Burton is a psychiatrist, philosopher, and wine-lover who lives and teaches in Oxford, England. He is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College in the University of Oxford, and the recipient of the Society of Authors' Richard Asher Prize, the British Medical Association's Young Authors' Award, the Medical Journalists' Association Open Book Award, and a Best in the World Gourmand Award. His work has featured in the likes of Aeon, the Spectator, and the Times, and been translated into several languages.
Contents
Preface
1. Monogamy
2. Polygamy
3. Polyamory
4. Gender fluidity in gods and heroes
5. Gender variation and same-sex relations in precolonial times
6. The gay revolution
7. Sex, love, and marriage in Ancient Egypt
8. The oldest gays in history
9. Sex, love, and marriage in Ancient Rome
10. The history and psychology of the orgy
11. Love in the Bible
12. Marriage in the Bible
13. Homosexuality in the Bible
14. The meaning of Adam and Eve
15. The history of love
16. Valentine schmalentine
17. The 7 types of love
18. The monastic alternative
19. The philosophy of lust
20. The psychology of sadomasochism
21. The magic of masturbation
22. Touch hunger
23. The challenges of intimacy
24. The psychology of the bachelor party
25. The history of the wedding in the West
26. A feminist critique of marriage
27. The rise and demise of divorce
28. Are married people healthier?
29. The future of the family
30. Should we have children?
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