ABSTRACT
For the better part of two decades Jessica Benjamin has used psychoanalysis and her own creative impulses to theoretically explore the depth of the human psyche. She has perhaps given more emphasis to the affective domain than other writers, and one of her contributions to the ongoing debate is her development of the notion of intersubjectivity and the intersubjective moment. Whether in the theoretical domain or in the applied fields of exploring the human psyche or, indeed, in everyday life, people ought to remain aware that they are not just responding to stimuli but often also altering the stimuli by their interactions with them; in consequence, people engage in dynamic exchanges that lead people to places where they have not been before. Eros is almost the antithesis of reproduction because it exists for and in itself, without visible gain or purpose.
