The season's most talked-about all-purpose personal strategy guide and philosophical compendium,'' said Newsweek of Robert Greene's bold, elegant, and ingenious manual of modern manipulation, The 48 Laws of Power . Now Greene has once again mined history and literature to distill the essence of seduction, the most highly refined mode of influence, the ultimate power trip. The Art of Seduction is a masterful synthesis of the work of thinkers such as Freud, Ovid, Kierkegaard, and Einstein, as well as the achievements of the greatest seducers throughout history. From Cleopatra to John F. Kennedy, from Andy Warhol to Josephine Bonaparte, The Art of Seduction gets to the heart of the character of the seducer and his or her tactics, triumphs and failures. The seducer's many faces include: the Siren, the Rake, the Ideal Lover, the Dandy, the Natural, the Coquette, the Charmer, and the Charismatic. Twenty-four maneuvers will guide readers through the seduction process, providing cunning, amoral instructions for and analysis of this fascinating, all-pervasive form of power. Just as beautifully packaged and every bit as essential as The 48 Laws of Power , The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer of persuasion and offers the best lessons on how to take what you want from whomever you want or how to prevent yourself from being taken.
Author(s): Robert Greene, Joost Elffers
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Viking Adult
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 496
Cover
......Page 1
Contents
......Page 11
Preface
......Page 19
Part One: The Seductive Character
......Page 29
The Siren
......Page 33
The Rake
......Page 45
The Ideal Lover
......Page 57
The Dandy
......Page 69
The Natural
......Page 81
The Coquette
......Page 95
The Charmer
......Page 107
The Charismatic
......Page 123
The Star
......Page 147
The Anti-Seducer
......Page 159
The Seducer's Victims - The 18 Types
......Page 175
Part Two: The Seductive Process
......Page 189
Phase One: Separation - Stirring Interest and Desire
......Page 193
1
Choose the Right Victim......Page 195
2
Create a False Sense of Security-Approach Indirectly......Page 205
3
Send Mixed Signals......Page 213
4
Appear to Be an Object of Desire - Create Triangles......Page 223
5 Create a Need - Stir Anxiety and Discontent
......Page 231
6 Master the Art of Insinuation
......Page 239
7 Enter Their Spirit
......Page 247
8 Create Temptation
......Page 257
Phase Two: Lead Astray - Creating Pleasure and Confusion
......Page 267
9 Keep Them in Suspense - What Comes Next?
......Page 269
10 Use the Demonic Power of Words to Sow Confusion
......Page 279
11 Pay Attention to Details
......Page 293
12 Poeticize Your Presence
......Page 305
13 Disarm Through Strategic Weakness and Vulnerability
......Page 313
14 Confuse Desire and Reality - The Perfect Illusion
......Page 323
15 Isolate the Victim
......Page 337
Phase Three: The Precipice - Deepening the Effect Through Extreme Measures
......Page 347
16 Prove Yourself
......Page 349
17 Effect a Regression
......Page 361
18 Stir Up the Transgressive and Taboo
......Page 377
19 Use Spiritual Lures
......Page 387
20 Mix Pleasure with Pain
......Page 397
Phase Four: Moving In for the Kill
......Page 409
21 Give Them Space to Fall - The Pursuer Is Pursued
......Page 411
22 Use Physical Lures
......Page 421
23 Master the Art of the Bold Move
......Page 433
24 Beware the Aftereffects
......Page 443
Appendix A: Seductive Environment/Seductive Time
......Page 459
Appendix B: Soft Seduction: How to Sell Anything to the Masses
......Page 469
Selected Bibliography
......Page 483
Index
......Page 485
