Book description
One of our most admired and loved psychologists turns her attention to
the essence of the good relationship, and why we need enemies as well as friends.
At the end of each of her books Dorothy Rowe describes how happiness
and satisfaction come not just from achievements but from enjoying good
relationships with other people. To date, however, she has not explored
what constitutes a rewarding friendship, and in Friends and Enemies she
sets out to do just that.
But if human beings crave good relationships, they also need bad ones.
In imagining we have enemies we at least have the comfort of knowing
that someone, somewhere, is thinking of us. At every level both people
and nations seek out hate-figures, whether they are children at school
or the Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo.
By delving into what it is that makes us hate as well as what makes us
love and need each other, Dorothy Rowe addresses fundamental issues of
human behaviour, drawing upon her own prodigious wisdom and the work of
neuroscientists and intelligence specialists to show not only what
friendship is but how it may be learned as a skill. 'There is a wealth
of thought provoking material in this book… every page triggered for me
flashes of recognition'
Val Hennessy, Daily Mail
Praise for Dorothy Rowe's books:
'Dorothy Rowe stands out amongst psychologists for her clear insight
into human experience'
Independent
'Dorothy Rowe is full of robust good sense, rare intuitive wisdom and
unhurried sensitivity'
Nigella Lawson, The Times
'Wise and witty, factual and poetic, and a luminous path to
self-understanding for all of us'
Jill Tweedie Dorothy Rowe was born in Australia in 1930, and worked as
a teacher and child psychologist before coming to England, where she
obtained her PhD at Sheffield University. From 1972 until 1986 she was
head of Clinical Psychology. She is now engaged in writing, lecturing
and research, and is world-renowned for her work on how we communicate
and why we suffer. Her books include ''Wanting Everything', ''Beyond
Fear' and ''Time On Our Side'.
