To Love to Betray

Life’s betrayals both define and condemn us to re-create ourselves. Jungian analyst Aldo Carotenuto shows us the positive and fundamental role of betrayal in our growth throughout life. Betrayal visits us from the moment of birth and remains a life theme through childhood, marriage, aging, and death. It is also the foundation of the Jewish and Christian religions. Carotenuto applies the term to betray to many issues brought to psychotherapy. In psychoanalysis, many old certainties are revealed and betrayed. It is also a time when the expectations of others need to be betrayed. By heightening our consciousness of betrayal and being betrayed, this book moves us toward our true nature and wholeness.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Life as Betrayal
Even Before Birth
A Fatal "Happy Event"
The Parable of the Son Who Refused to Be Loved
Apropos of Roles and Trust
Inimici Hominis Domestici Eius Family Circle and Hermetic Circle Nostalgia Deflected
The Union of Two Solitudes
The Terrible Torture of Silence Euphoria Versus Joy
The Compulsion to Seduce and the Advantage of Being Betrayed
The Climate of Incest
An Unfrequented Temple
Sex Negated
The Unpleasing Body
The Body Betrayed
The Unwell Body
In Pursuit of Death
Death Encountered
Death Desired
Betrayal and Freedom
Epilogue: Experience and Loss
Bibliography
Index