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Sep 29, 2017 · A new book explores how marriage has changed in recent years, and why that’s made staying married harder.
Finkel provides a sweeping historic overview, showing that the primary functions of marriage from 1620 to 1850 revolved around food, shelter, and protection from violence. From 1850 to 1965, the primary functions increasingly revolved around love, companionship, and sexual fulfillment.
In his 2017 book “The All-or-Nothing Marriage,” the psychologist Eli Finkel uses Abraham Maslow’s theory of the hierarchy of needs to explain this phenomenon. According to Maslow, human ...
Sep 19, 2017 · In his book “The All-or-Nothing Marriage,” psychologist and relationship expert Eli Finkel explains the evolution of what we want most from our spouses.
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Feb 14, 2014 · By Eli J. Finkel. Feb. 14, 2014. Share full article. 196. Pieter Van Eenoge. ARE marriages today better or worse than they used to be? This vexing question is usually answered in one of two...
We’ve entered a new age—one propelled by individualism, capitalism, globalism, feminism… lots of other isms too, probably—that Finkel calls the Self-Actualizing Marriage. And I’d define it for you, but let’s let Finkel define it himself.
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In terms of marriage, Finkel sees the concept as a mountain. At the bottom are the basic needs people used to want fulfilled in a marriage, like help surviving. At the top are what we want today — qualities in a mate that will help us toward self-expression and personal growth.
