Love and Violence

This book delves into philosophical and psychological aspects of human love, drawing on Plato and Freud's concepts of lovers mirroring each other. It argues that Shakespeare's works provide deeper insights into violent behavior than Freud's theories, proposing a violence theory rooted in shame and guilt. The text also explores the transition from shame to guilt cultures and suggests that violence arises from cultural injuries to equal love, advocating a therapy-based approach to address such issues and replace retribution with restorative justice. Love's role is examined in various contexts, including Shakespearean theater, psychoanalysis, religion, ethics, law, and human rights theory. The book highlights how ingrained patriarchal culture norms traumatize equal love, distorting personal and political lives