The Art of Seduction (94 page)

Pahlavi, Mohammed Riza, Shah of

396, 397, 400, 403

imps, 56-57, 59-61, 66

Iran, 313, 375

Picasso, Pablo, 25, 26, 45, 100, 379

independence in, 61

pain, mixing pleasure with, 155, 159,

art as lure of, 366

innocents, 54, 58-59, 66

237, 369-79, 389, 391, 410,

poeticizing of, 283

lamb as symbol of, 65

415, 418, 424-25

Picón, Jacinto Octavio, 231-34

naivete of, 58-59

anxiety induced by, 376-77, 378

Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, The,

as potentially irritating, 66

bracing effect of, 377

31-32,50,65,263

psychological traits of, 55-57

breakups in, 369, 378

Plato, 74-76, 191, 206-7, 208

receptiveness of, 57

calculated absences in, 372,

Plutarch, 8, 46-47, 261

spoiled children as, 61

373-74

poeticizing oneself, 277-84

sympathy elicited by, 53, 56, 59, 66

emotional highs and lows in,

bit of doubt in, 282-83

undefensive lovers, 57, 63-65

371-74

calculated absences in, 277,

wonder children, 57, 61-63

fear in, 369, 377-78, 379

283-84

youth and, 66

guilt in, 369

familiarity vs., 277, 281, 282, 284

neediness, 59, 74, 75, 87, 134, 293

harshness and kindness in, 374-76

halo as symbol of, 284

Nelson, Viscount Horatio, 304

jealousy in, 372, 373, 374, 377

idealizing one's targets in, 284

Nero, Emperor of Rome, 50

masochistic yearnings for, 47, 71,

objects in, 283

New Prudes, 151-52

155, 237, 332, 357, 378

reversal of, 284

New York Times,
189, 396

precipice as symbol of, 379

self-image and, 281-82

Nicholas, Grand Duke, 396

reversal of, 379

shared experiences in, 283

464 • Index

politicians, xx-xxi, 101, 183, 366,

Aesthetic, 423

of Rakes, 20-21, 26-27, 28,

374-76

Ardent, 19-21

200-201

anxiety and discontent induced by,

convention defied by, 26, 27

Rescuers, 157

209-10

cruelty of, 26

re-seduction, 415-29, 435

as Charmers, 81, 82, 83-85, 87,

dangerousness of, 17, 24, 25, 26,

calculated surprises in, 420-21

88-92, 93

27

embers as symbol of, 428

as Coquettes, 77

dangers to, 28

fight against inertia in, 417-18

as Dandies, 51

Demonic, 21-24

intermittent drama in, 423-25

disarming weaknesses of, 292

derivation of term, 25

maintaining lightness in, 418, 421,

as Ideal Lovers, 38-39, 40

erotic vs. political, 24

423

insinuation used by, 216-17

extremism of, 26

maintaining mystery in, 418

isolation created by, 317

as female fantasy figure, 17, 20-21,

political, 426-28

mixed signals sent by, 193

23, 24-25, 26

reversal of, 429

re-seduction by, 426-28

fire as symbol of, 27

timing of, 428

soft sell by, 446-48, 450-52

keys to, 24-27

resistance, xxiii, xxiv, 25, 154, 164,

triangles created by, 201-2

masculine envy engendered by, 28

172, 177, 181, 183, 188, 215,

victims chosen by, 174

mirroring by, 225-26

216, 236, 289, 376, 400, 412,

war heroes as, 329, 446-48

obstacles overcome by, 21, 25,

449

see also
Charismatics; oratory, se225-26

and proving oneself, 321, 323, 324

ductive

pleasure offered by, 24, 25, 27

to temptations, 236

Pompadour, Jeanne Poisson, Madame

reformation of, 26, 225, 353, 354

reverse parental regression, 333, 338,

de, 16,33-35,36, 127,249,

Reformed, as victims, 1 50

346-48

274, 435

reputation of, 20-21, 26-27, 28,

Richardson, Samuel, 225, 315-16

pop art, 71-72, 73

200-201

Richelieu, Duke de, 19-21, 25, 27,

Portsmouth, Louise Keroualle,

seductive language of, 17, 19, 20,

170, 200, 247, 356, 410

Duchess of, 420

22-24, 25

Richthofen, Baroness Frieda von,

post-seduction,
see
disenchantment;

voices of, 22-23

206, 423-25

re-seduction

Rank, Otto, 76

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 46-47, 227

Potemkin, Prince Gregory, 274,

Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich,

Ring of the Dove, The: A Treatise on the

300-303

100-102, 104-5

Art and Practice of Arab Love
(Ibn

Pougy, Liane de, 361-62, 363, 364

physical lures of, 403

Hazm), 126, 183-84, 409

Presley, Elvis, 28, 44, 50, 105-6, 107

spiritual lures of, 366, 403

Robespierre, Maximilien de, 116-17,

pride, excessive, 142

reactors, anti-seductive, 135

118

Private Life of the Marshal Duke of

Reagan, Ronald, 202

Rochester, Earl of, 26

Richelieu, The,
20-21

soft sell of, 450-52

Rohan, Cardinal de, 305-6

Professors, 1 55-56

Récamier, Madame, 187-89, 192,

Romantic Ideal, 31-33

prostitutes, 40, 354, 356

217,237,343-46

Romanticism, 226, 343

Proust, Marcel, 70, 283

Rée, Paul, 45-46, 197-98, 199

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 86,

proving oneself, 25, 321-32, 417, 425

Reformed Rakes or Sirens, 150

98-99, 100, 102, 118

apparent suicide in, 324-25

regression, erotic, 333-48

seductive oratory of, 260

doubts allayed by, 321, 323, 324

bed as symbol of, 348

Rothschild, Baron Elie de, 273

improvisation in, 324—25

ego ideal, 337-38, 343-46

Roués, 157-58

passing tests in, 326—31

infantile, 336-37, 338-40

persistence in, 324-25

oedipal, 333, 337, 340-43

Sabatier, Apollonie, 385-88

rescue in, 329-30

rebellion in, 348

Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von, 372,

resistance and, 321, 323, 324

reversal of, 348

373-74

reversal of, 332

reverse parental, 333, 338, 346-48

Sackville-West, Vita, 102

risking death in, 327-29

therapist role in, 336, 345-46

sadness, air of, 69, 76, 157, 172, 192,

self-sacrifice in, 326-27, 425

transference in, 335—36

292, 364-65

tournament as symbol of, 332

unconditional love in, 336-37, 340

Saint-Amand, Imbert de, 69

unhesitating action in, 329-30

Reichenbach, Harry, 452-54

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin,

by war heroes, 327-29

Reik, Theodor, 209-10, 336-37,

338-39

prudery, 151-52

388-90

Saint-Germain, Count, 127-28, 216,

Ptolemy XIV, Pharaoh, 7

reliability, 243

244

Pygmalion, 121-23

Remarque, Erich Maria, 121

Salomé, Lou von, see AndreasPygmalion complex, 173

Remembrance of Things Past
(Proust),

Salomé, Lou

283

Saltykov, Sergei, 37-38, 225-26

Quicksand
(Tanazaki), 356

Renaissance, 12, 38, 356

Sand, George, 40, 49

reputation, 46, 193, 223, 314, 379

Sappho, 317, 362-63

rakehells, 25

in creation of triangles, 195,

Satan, androgyny of, 51

Rakes, 3, 17-28, 49, 130, 152, 247,

200-201

Satyricon
(Petronius), 50, 201

315-16

of Ideal Lovers, 33, 37-38

saviors, charismatic, 107-9

as abandoned to moment, 21, 25

mixed signals and, 193

Savonarola, Girolamo, 101

Index • 465

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 84

adornment of, xix, 7, 8, 13,

Stars, 3, 119-30, 153

Sedgwick, Edie, 72

14-15, 24, 274

cinematic creation of, 124-25, 127

seducers, xix-xxv

appearance of, 8, 9-10, 13, 23

dangers to, 130

amorality of, xxiii-xxiv, 21, 47

dangerousness of, 5, 1 1, 12-13

distinctive style of, 119, 122, 123,

appearance of, xix, xx, xxii

dangers to, 1 6

125, 127, 128

consistency of, xxii

differentiation of, 12

dreamlike quality of, 1 1 9, 126,

falling in love with, xix, xxi, xxii

keys to, 11-15

127, 128

male, xx

as male fantasy figure, xx, 5,9, 11,

ethereality of, 119, 126-27

other-directedness of, xxii-xxiii

12

face of, 122, 123, 127, 128

as providers of pleasure, xxiii

men enslaved by, xix, 8, 12

Fetishistic, 121-23

resistance to, xxiii, xxiv

mood changes of, xix, 7-8, 9, 1 1

glimpsed private life of, 128

seductive language of, xx

movement and demeanor of, 5, 10,

identification with, 128-29

sexual element utilized by, xxii

15

idol as symbol of, 129

strategic planning of, xx, xxii, xxiii

in
Odyssey,
7-8, 11, 12-13

inner distance of, 123, 125, 129

subtle methods of, xxi

pleasure offered by, 11

keys to, 126-29

surrender to will of, xxi, xxii, xxiv

Reformed, as victims, 150

Mythic, 123-26

theatricality of, xx, xxiii

Sex, 9-11

as objects, 122, 127-28

warrior's outlook of, xxii

Spectacular, 7-9

obsessive attention to, 121, 122,

Seducer's Diary, The
(Kierkegaard),

theatricality of, 7, 8, 9

126, 130

xxiv, 31, 127, 169-70, 172,

voices of, 7, 9, 10, 13-14

publicity and, 130

179-80, 182, 193, 201, 224,

water as symbol of, 15

self-distance of, 122, 130

254, 255-57, 279, 289-90, 357,

Slater, Leonard, 313

television and, 123-24, 125

373, 387-88, 389

Socrates, 74-76, 191-92, 206-7, 208

Stendhal, 58, 170, 200, 217, 280-82,

seduction, derivation of term, xxi

soft sell, 441-54

284, 304, 371, 375-77

Seduction
(Baudrillard), xxiii, 9,

components of, 444-46

Stewart, Jimmy, 125, 129

127-28, 288, 385

examples of, 446-54

"Story of the Butterfly, The," 298, 299

Sei Shonagon, 31-32, 50, 65, 263

hard sell vs., 443

suffocators, anti-seductive, 134

selective disclosure, 14-15, 237

origin of, 443

Sukarno, Kusnasosro, 102, 221-23

self-absorption, 87, 163, 173, 363, 410

Solanas, Valerie, 78

Sukarno: An Autobiography as Told to

of Anti-Seducers, 131, 133, 137,

Sons and Lovers
(Lawrence), 206

Cindy Adams
(Adams), 222

138, 140

Spanish Civil War, 99-100

Sun-tzu, 315

seductive language vs., 258

spectacles, 265, 267-69, 275, 301,

Su Shou, 291

self-awareness, 100, 131

447

suspense, creation of,
see
calculated

self-consciousness, 135, 138-40, 354,

Spectacular Sirens, 7-9

surprises

359, 363

spirituality, 158

suspicion, 289, 290, 441

self-distance, 122, 130

aura of, 38, 98, 358

sympathy, 53, 56, 59, 66, 285, 292,

self-esteem, 75, 79, 81, 158, 200,

mirroring of, 225

293

208, 210, 224, 227, 282

spiritual lures, 359-67, 403, 404

Symposium, The
(Plato), 74-76, 191,

self-image, 281-82

air of discontent in, 359, 364-65

206-7, 208

self-loathing, 154, 362, 363

artistic, 359, 361-62, 365-66

self-sabotage, 378

cultic rituals as, 362-63

taboos, transgression of, 349-58

self-sacrifice, 36-38, 82, 326-27, 425

ennoblement by, 365, 366

cruelty in, 349, 352, 353, 356-57

self-sufficiency, 67, 71, 73, 74-75,

in environment, 434—35

forest as symbol of, 358

76, 77

lightness induced by, 363

going to extremes in, 349, 355,

Seneca, 50

occult fads in, 359, 365

358

Sennett, Mack, 58

pagan, 362-63, 365

incest in, 352-53

Sensualists, 159

religion in, 359, 363-64

lost self recaptured by, 35 1-54

Sex Sirens, 9-11

reversal of, 367

prohibited desires in, 352-53,

Shahrazad, 245-47

sense of destiny in, 177, 359, 365

354-55

Shakespeare, William, 50, 107, 183,

sexual undertones of, 359, 363-64,

reduced outlets for, 354

258-60, 267-68, 314, 316, 418

366

reversal of, 358

Shaw, George Bernard, 126

stars in the sky as symbol of, 367

secret sins in, 351, 352

Sheik, The,
43-44

timeless relationship suggested by,

sense of guilt in, 349, 355, 357

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 353

364, 365-66, 367

shared complicity in, 349, 352, 357

Shi Pei Pu, 173-74, 297-300, 304

timing and, 365

social limits in, 349, 353-55, 357,

Shoulder Anns,
58

worshipful feelings engendered by,

358

Shu-Chiung, 270

361-64

value systems in, 349, 356

Sibony, Daniel, 351

spoiled children, 61, 151, 348