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Erotic Love in Sociology, Philosophy and Literature - From Romanticism to Rationality (Paperback)
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Erotic Love in Sociology, Philosophy and Literature - From Romanticism to Rationality (Paperback)
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Why is ‘love’ taken for granted as a part of human experience?
And why is sexual or romantic love in particular so important to
us? This book aims to find out, tracing the intellectual history of
sexual love, from the ancient Greeks to the modern day. Erotic Love
in Sociology, Philosophy and Literature shows how discourses of
love have intersected with social and cultural trends, as well as
with personal events and experiences. Beginning with the queering
of love in Greek antiquity, it looks at how sexual love has been
sung about, fictionalized and theorized as a cornerstone of the
formation of Western culture. From the courtly love of
twelfth-century troubadours and the rise of affective individualism
in the eighteenth century, to the way the novel helped catalyze and
crystallize the hopes and contradictions of love and marriage,
these are decisive episodes in the history of romantic love.
Lastly, the book deals with how sociologists and feminist theorists
have made sense of the liberalization of sexuality over the last
fifty years, especially given the post-romantic pragmatism of
commercialized dating practices. Arguing against the
over-rationalism of intimate life, Erotic Love in Sociology,
Philosophy and Literature recognizes the need to liberate love from
patriarchal, racist and homophobic prejudices, and highlights the
value of literary and sociological traditions to emphasize how they
dignify the rhapsodies and the sufferings of love.
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