A book about the psychology of sex by the author of the global bestseller "Games People Play". In it, Eric Bern analyzes sex from the perspective of transactional analysis – discussing the games people play, not in public places, but in bed. A leading figure in world psychology answers questions:
• How does sexual education at different ages affect subsequent sexual life?
• What is parental programming and how does it predetermine our intimate sphere?
• What is the essence of the phenomenon known as "the language of sex"?
• What is the nature of obscenities and sexual perversions?
• How does sex differ from intimacy?
• Why do people engage in sexual games?
And many others.
"The first translation of this book into Russian was published in a heavily abridged form in 1990, symbolizing the end of an era when sex did not exist in our country. It is not surprising that the book, which stood on my bookshelf, quickly disappeared into unknown directions. Presumably, with an educational mission. However, the person who borrowed it might have been disappointed, as the sections specifically written about sex did not make it into that translation.
This edition is a complete translation of the last work of the creator of transactional analysis, published during his lifetime. The book is written in the figurative language characteristic of Eric Bern and is aimed more at the non-professional reader. The translator faced an almost insurmountable task of conveying the untranslatable wordplay of American slang, which the author so masterfully employed. How successfully this has been achieved is for you to judge."
Vladimir Gusakovsky, certified transactional analyst, trainer and supervisor of the European and International Associations of Transactional Analysis, psychotherapist of the European register, psychologist, Ph.D. in physics and mathematics.
