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Tables of Contents for The Scientification of Love
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
viii
 
Foreword
ix
 
Miriam Stoppard
Preface
xi
 
Introduction - The Power of Love
1
2
Prehistory - The Unbroken Mirror
3
3
Learning from Ducklings, Sheep and Monkeys
6
3
Love Hormones and Childbirth
9
5
A first historical experiment
A second historical experiment
Complex hormonal balances
The Primal Health Research Perspective
14
7
Violent criminality
Self-destructive behaviours
Can research be politically incorrect?
Starting from foetal life
The Ethnological Approach - Comparing Cultures
21
6
Learning from extreme attitudes
Shaking the foundations of our cultures
Three landmarks in the history of mankind
Birth Reborn
27
7
What `physiological' means
With the language of physiologists
Giving the intellect a rest
A cultural misunderstanding
Sexuality as a Whole
34
10
Back to the hormones of love
A reward system
Similar physiological brakes
Similar scenarios
An interaction between two individuals
Practical implications
Sexual Attractiveness
44
5
Body shape and body size
Facial shape and smiling faces
Odours and pheromones
The Physiology of Romantic Love
49
6
Animal models
The universality of romantic love
Love-sickness
Who's my Mother?
55
5
The sense of smell
Other sensory functions
Love of Animals for Humans
60
4
At the root of our civilisations
An aspect of the scientification of love
The price paid for domestication
Orgasmic States, Ecstatic States and Mystical Emotions
64
9
Orgasm as a state of consciousness
The old and the new
The need to escape
Love of the Whole
73
4
Beyond the scope of physiological explorations
What physiologists can explore
The ability to build bridges
A great diversity of roads
Links between Birthing and Praying
77
5
A way to explore human nature
The praying midwife
Similar obstacles
Releasing the Brakes with Water
82
8
Learning from women
Beyond daily practice
Interpreting the power of water
Love at a Molecular Level
90
6
Receptors, informational substances and binding sites
The faithfulness of ligands
The case of oxytocin
`Babyist' Interlude 1: The Twenty-Second Century from the Baby's Perspective
96
5
A futuristic history textbook
A futuristic encyclopaedia
Looking back at our time
`Babyist' Interlude 2: Don't Bite Your Mum!
101
2
Linguistic Note: About the Suffix `-ation'
103
11
Science-Tradition Convergence
104
5
A well-known example - the tao of physics
Intriguing similarities
The best book on birth physiology
Projects
Homo Ecologicus
109
5
Questions special to our time
Obstacles
Index
114