The Art of Seduction: An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power - Robert Greene Audiobook

Written by Robert Greene
Read by Joseph Powers
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Release date: May 4, 2015
Duration: 22:51:29

Robert Greene’s previous bestseller, The 48 Laws of Power, distilled 3,000 years of scheming into a guide People praised as “beguiling… literate… fascinating” and Kirkus denounced as “an anti-Book of Virtues.”

In Art of Seduction, Greene returns with a new instruction book on the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power because seduction isn’t really about sex. It’s about manipulating other people’s greatest weakness: their desire for pleasure.

Synthesizing the work of thinkers including Freud, Diderot, Nietzsche, and Einstein, reporting the enticing strategies of characters throughout history, The Art of Seduction is a comprehensive guide to getting what we want any way we can.

The author gives us another tour de force on influence, this time on the mysterious process of seduction. The book is divided into 4 parts or Phases. In Phase One he first describes nine basic types of seducers, and each one is illustrated by marvelous examples from history and popular culture. Skillfully drawn and paced, the examples bring to life character types that will make sense to everyone from the casual listener to the serious student of this type of influence. The second half of Phase One turns attention to the victims of seduction.

In Phase Two through Four - Immerse yourself in the twenty-four maneuvers and strategies of the seductive process, the ritual by which a seducer gains mastery over his target. Understand how to “Poeticize Your Presence,” “Keep them in Suspense – What Comes Next” and “Master the Art of the Bold Move”.

The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer of persuasion that reveals one of history’s greatest weapons and the ultimate form of power. The reading here is too dramatic for my taste, but it’s a minor distraction in an otherwise captivating picture of how the skillful seducer operates. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

This was fun to edit…..J