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The State of Affairs : Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The State of Affairs : Rethinking Infidelity about?

Iconic couples’ therapist and bestselling author of Mating in Captivity Esther Perel returns with a groundbreaking and provocative look at infidelity, arguing for a more nuanced and less judgmental conversation about our transgressions. An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. And yet this extremely common human experience is so poorly understood. Adultery has existed since marriage was invented, and so too the prohibition against it—in fact, it has a tenacity that marriage can only envy. So what are we to make of this time-honored taboo, universally forbidden yet universally practiced? For the past ten years, master therapist Esther Perel has traveled the globe and worked with hundreds of couples who have been shattered by infidelity. In The State of Affairs she asks, why do we cheat? And why do happy people cheat? Why does infidelity hurt so much? And when we say infidelity, what exactly do we mean? Is an affair always the end of a marriage? Affairs, she writes, have a lot to teach us about relationships. They provide unusual insight into our personal and cultural attitudes about love, lust, and commitment. Betrayal hurts, but it

Who reads The State of Affairs : Rethinking Infidelity?

Author

Esther Perel

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062322586

Category

self-help

Subjects

Gender Studies, Anthropology, Social_sciences

Rating

4.44 / 5 (178 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14