Dr. Mark Kinet

“For Freud, love boiled down to sex, assuming all pleasures arise from a broadly 'sexual' drive. For biologists, sex is important because of reproduction; yet, why do we so frequently obtain sexual pleasures in non-procreative ways? In this book -a moving meditation upon love in all its guises- Mark Kinet re-prioritises the mental side, with profound implications for our understanding of the mind's place in Nature: feelings clearly have intrinsic causal powers.”

“These psychoanalytic essays on love's struggles range from Freud to Solms, from Plato to Žižek, traversing deep chasms and celestial heights, from prehistory to science fiction, and from the womb to AI. Their chemistry might disenchant, but their alchemy deepens mystery. A kaleidoscopic perspective opens the reader's mind, also thanks to a style that lucidly names what emerges from darkness. Must read for professionals and lovers.”

“Psychoanalysis and the Struggle for Love is a sweeping and deeply humane exploration of what it means to love, to desire, and to be recognised. Dr Kinet brings together psychoanalysis, philosophy, and clinical wisdom to illuminate love's generative possibilities and its contradictions. This is a beautifully written, intellectually vibrant book that clinicians and thoughtful readers alike will return to again and again.”

“Do not read this book by Mark Kinet — because it is too beautiful, too compelling, too accurate. Every chapter, every paragraph, every line, every sentence, like a ballerina, makes a leap and lands on its feet where it makes its point — its pointe. Kinet's sentences sharpen our thoughts, honing them until they cut precisely at the place where we believe the matters of love 'settle'.”

“Psychoanalysis and the Struggle for Love is a wide-ranging meditation on love as the central, conflicted force of our lives. Mark Kinet holds together psychoanalytic insight with philosophy, literature, and clinical sensibility in a voice that is lucid and humane. The result is a book that invites readers to think, and rethink, what loving truly means.”

“In Psychoanalysis and the Struggle for Love, Mark Kinet brings together philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature and, in a brilliant, thought-provoking way, shows how love can passionately push people beyond themselves or drag them into catastrophic depths. This is a marvellous book about the many paradoxes of love and, therefore, about what it means to be human.”