Introduction Part I: Symbolic 1) Freudian Preludes: Love Triangles Obsessives in Love Â¥ Hysterics in Love 2) Freudian Conundrums: Love Is Incompatible with Desire ÂWhere They Love They Do Not Desire ¥ ÂWhere They Desire They Do Not Love ¥ On Women, Love, and Desire Â¥ Too Little Â¥ Too Much 3) LacanÂs Reading of PlatoÂs Symposium Love Is Giving What You DonÂt Have Â¥ Not Having and Not Knowing Â¥ Love as a Metaphor: The Signification of Love Â¥ The Miracle of Love Â¥ Love in the Analytic Context Part II: Imaginary 4) Freudian Preludes: Narcissism Narcissism and Love Â¥ Love for the Ego Ideal 5) LacanÂs Imaginary Register Animals in the Imaginary Â¥ Animals in Love Â¥ The Formative Role of Images in Human Beings Â¥ The Mirror Stage Â¥ The Image We Love More Than Ourselves: The Ideal Ego Â¥ The Myth of Narcissus Â¥ Sibling Rivalry Â¥ LacanÂs ÂBelovedÂ: Crimes of Passion Â¥ ÂFamily Complexes ¥ Transitivism Â¥ The Intrusion (or Fraternal) Complex and the ÂSolipsistic Ego ¥ Love and Psychosis Â¥ The Dangers of Imaginary-Based Love Â¥ Imaginary Passion in the Analytic Setting Part III: Real 6) Love and the Real Repetition Compulsion Â¥ The Unsymbolizable Â¥ Love at First Sight Â¥ The Other Jouissance Â¥ Love Is Real? Â¥ Love and the Drives Â¥ Love as a Link Part IV: General Considerations on Love 7) Languages and Cultures of Love Dependency (or so-called Natural Love) Â¥ Attachment Â¥ Friendship Â¥ Agape (or Christian Love) Â¥ Hatred Â¥ Attraction Â¥ Fixation on the Human Form (Beauty) Â¥ Physical Love, Sexual Desire, Lust, Concupiscence, Sex Drive Â¥ FinÂAmor (Courtly Love) Â¥ Romantic Love Â¥Falling in Love (à la Stendhal) Â¥ Other Languages and Cultures of Love 8) Reading Plato with Lacan: Further Commentary on PlatoÂs Symposium The Relationship between Form and Content in the Symposium Â¥ Homosexual Love as a Simplified Model Â¥ Phaedrus: Love and Theology Â¥ Pausanias: The Psychology of the Rich Â¥ Eryximachus: Love as Harmony Â¥ AgathonÂs Speech Â¥ Socrates Speech and the In-between (Metaxú) Â¥ Love Triangles Revisited Â¥ The Six Stages of Socrates Speech Â¥ After Socrates Speech Â¥ The ÂMystery of the Relationship between Socrates and Alcibiades Â¥ Socrates ÂInterpretation ¥ Socrates ÂMistake ¥ Parting Shot 9) Some Possible Conclusions about Love Unanswered Questions Â¥ Love and Psychoanalysis Endnotes References Index.