Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-280) and index.
Why the personal is political, and where the private comes from -- Love of Foreigners and love of the 'other' -- Personal communication behavior is political -- Is the Political psychological? -- Psychotherapy, or the legitimation of irresponsibility -- Ego-psychology, or My relationship and I -- Ego-philosophy, or the battle with reality -- Sex and the intimate relationship -- Female desire, or the democratization of Violence -- Relationship as trade, or the free market of bodies and services -- Needs, or the legitimation of dominance -- Identity, or history turned biology.