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The Twin Enigma

An Exploration of Our Enduring Fascination with Twins

The Twin Enigma

An Exploration of Our Enduring Fascination with Twins

ByVivienne Lewin
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2016
eBook Published 8 May 2018
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780429483554
Pages 202 pages
eBook ISBN 9780429908323
SubjectsBehavioral Sciences
KeywordsTwin Relationship, Phantasy Twin, Dead Twin, Opposite Sex Twins, Enmeshed Twin
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Lewin, V. (2016). The Twin Enigma. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429483554
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The book offers a unique in-depth understanding of the twin relationship, and the way in which twin development is affected by our attitudes to twins and our enduring fascination with them. It explores our historical fascination with this subject and the origins of this excitement, how our perceptions of twins reflect our own longing for a perfect soul-mate, and the effect this personal projection has on the development in twins. It is a book written with the general reader in mind rather than "experts". Twins share a deep psychic bond that forms the core of their twinship, but they are never identical. Many factors will affect their development, including the early mutual resonances and sensate experiences between them, and parental and societal attitudes in raising them.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|12 pages
The twin in ourselves: intra-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Two|30 pages
Twins together: inter-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Three|19 pages
Twins apart
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Four|23 pages
Twins in society
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Five|36 pages
Twins around the world: mythology, beliefs, and cultural practices
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Six|44 pages
Twins and doubles in literature
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract

The book offers a unique in-depth understanding of the twin relationship, and the way in which twin development is affected by our attitudes to twins and our enduring fascination with them. It explores our historical fascination with this subject and the origins of this excitement, how our perceptions of twins reflect our own longing for a perfect soul-mate, and the effect this personal projection has on the development in twins. It is a book written with the general reader in mind rather than "experts". Twins share a deep psychic bond that forms the core of their twinship, but they are never identical. Many factors will affect their development, including the early mutual resonances and sensate experiences between them, and parental and societal attitudes in raising them.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|12 pages
The twin in ourselves: intra-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Two|30 pages
Twins together: inter-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Three|19 pages
Twins apart
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Four|23 pages
Twins in society
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Five|36 pages
Twins around the world: mythology, beliefs, and cultural practices
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Six|44 pages
Twins and doubles in literature
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The book offers a unique in-depth understanding of the twin relationship, and the way in which twin development is affected by our attitudes to twins and our enduring fascination with them. It explores our historical fascination with this subject and the origins of this excitement, how our perceptions of twins reflect our own longing for a perfect soul-mate, and the effect this personal projection has on the development in twins. It is a book written with the general reader in mind rather than "experts". Twins share a deep psychic bond that forms the core of their twinship, but they are never identical. Many factors will affect their development, including the early mutual resonances and sensate experiences between them, and parental and societal attitudes in raising them.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|12 pages
The twin in ourselves: intra-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Two|30 pages
Twins together: inter-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Three|19 pages
Twins apart
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Four|23 pages
Twins in society
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Five|36 pages
Twins around the world: mythology, beliefs, and cultural practices
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Six|44 pages
Twins and doubles in literature
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract

The book offers a unique in-depth understanding of the twin relationship, and the way in which twin development is affected by our attitudes to twins and our enduring fascination with them. It explores our historical fascination with this subject and the origins of this excitement, how our perceptions of twins reflect our own longing for a perfect soul-mate, and the effect this personal projection has on the development in twins. It is a book written with the general reader in mind rather than "experts". Twins share a deep psychic bond that forms the core of their twinship, but they are never identical. Many factors will affect their development, including the early mutual resonances and sensate experiences between them, and parental and societal attitudes in raising them.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|12 pages
The twin in ourselves: intra-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Two|30 pages
Twins together: inter-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Three|19 pages
Twins apart
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Four|23 pages
Twins in society
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Five|36 pages
Twins around the world: mythology, beliefs, and cultural practices
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Six|44 pages
Twins and doubles in literature
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The book offers a unique in-depth understanding of the twin relationship, and the way in which twin development is affected by our attitudes to twins and our enduring fascination with them. It explores our historical fascination with this subject and the origins of this excitement, how our perceptions of twins reflect our own longing for a perfect soul-mate, and the effect this personal projection has on the development in twins. It is a book written with the general reader in mind rather than "experts". Twins share a deep psychic bond that forms the core of their twinship, but they are never identical. Many factors will affect their development, including the early mutual resonances and sensate experiences between them, and parental and societal attitudes in raising them.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|12 pages
The twin in ourselves: intra-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Two|30 pages
Twins together: inter-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Three|19 pages
Twins apart
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Four|23 pages
Twins in society
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Five|36 pages
Twins around the world: mythology, beliefs, and cultural practices
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Six|44 pages
Twins and doubles in literature
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract

The book offers a unique in-depth understanding of the twin relationship, and the way in which twin development is affected by our attitudes to twins and our enduring fascination with them. It explores our historical fascination with this subject and the origins of this excitement, how our perceptions of twins reflect our own longing for a perfect soul-mate, and the effect this personal projection has on the development in twins. It is a book written with the general reader in mind rather than "experts". Twins share a deep psychic bond that forms the core of their twinship, but they are never identical. Many factors will affect their development, including the early mutual resonances and sensate experiences between them, and parental and societal attitudes in raising them.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|12 pages
The twin in ourselves: intra-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Two|30 pages
Twins together: inter-twin dynamics
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Three|19 pages
Twins apart
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Four|23 pages
Twins in society
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Five|36 pages
Twins around the world: mythology, beliefs, and cultural practices
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
chapter Six|44 pages
Twins and doubles in literature
ByVivienne Lewin
View abstract
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