Marriage and Its Discontents, 1e

Akhtar
Karnac Books Limited
320 pages
ISBN: 9781800133181
June 2025

The realm of marriage is affect-laden and challenging on many psychosocial fronts. What is the relationship between love, sex, and marriage? Is marriage a developmental landmark? Why do marriages fail? Is monogamy “natural”? What about bigamy and polygamy? There are many, many questions that arise about marriage and Marriage and Its Discontents seeks answers. The chapters cover topics that range from the normative to deeply worrisome, from customary to highly unusual, from rapture to rupture, from sacred to profane.