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9780872208575

About Love : Reinventing Romance for Our Times

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  • ISBN13:

    9780872208575

  • ISBN10:

    0872208575

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-09-30
  • Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

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A reprint of the 1994 Rowman & Littlefield edition. 'About Love' is a refreshingly reasonable and engagingly readable study of the phenomenon of romantic love. Offering insightful observations from a broad range of sources -- literary, historical, and personal -- Robert Solomon explores the crucial ingredients of time and sex in contemporary relationships and discusses whether love 'at first sight' is possible, and whether love that lasts a lifetime is probable.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Reinventing Love 13(7)
THE FOGGERS AND THE FACILITATORS 20(3)
A THEORY OF LOVE 23(8)
1. The Elusive Emotion
THE CRITICAL QUESTION
31(4)
"I LOVE YOU"
35(3)
LOVE AND RECIPROCITY
38(4)
ROMANTIC LOVE
42(6)
OTHER CULTURES
48(6)
THE HISTORY OF LOVE
54(8)
LOVE AS IDENTITY
62(2)
THE PARADOX OF LOVE
64(12)
2. Getting Clear (About Love)
IS LOVE A FEELING?
76(6)
LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
82(6)
ALL OR NOTHING: THE IDEALIZATION OF LOVE
88(9)
LOVE STORIES
97(6)
BEAUTY AS THE BASIS OF LOVE
103(14)
BEYOND ROMEO AND JULIET' LOVE AMONG THE ELDERLY
117(12)
3. "Falling in Love"
LOVE AND ITS VICISSITUDES: "THE REAL THING"
129(5)
THE JOYS OF SEX
134(6)
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
140(7)
THE PERILS AND PLEASURES OF ROMANTIC ATTRACTION: WHY WE FALL IN LOVE
147(6)
REASONS FOR LOVE
153(7)
LOVE AND FANTASY
160(8)
FROM FALLING TO BEING IN LOVE: THE COORDINATION PROBLEM
168(6)
SLEEPING TOGETHER: SNUGGLERS AND SOLIPSISTS
174(5)
LOVING AND IN LOVE
179(15)
4. The Self in Love
THE IDENTITY THEORY OF LOVE
194(5)
THE INDETERMINACY OF THE SELF
199(5)
THE ROMANTIC CREATION OF THE SELF
204(5)
SEX AND THE SHARED SELF
209(8)
THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVACY
217(6)
ROMANTIC ROLES
223(8)
THE DIMENSIONS OF IDENTITY ("DO OPPOSITES ATTRACT?")
231(7)
PRIVATE VIRTUES
238(11)
FROM DIALECTIC TO DYNAMICS
249(6)
5. The Dynamics of Love: Making Love Last
CARING AND THE MYTH OF SELFISHNESS
255(7)
LOVE AND TIME
262(10)
INTIMACY
272(11)
EQUALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF POWER
283(17)
POSSESSION AND POSSESSIVENESS
300(10)
THE IMPORTANCE OF FIGHTS IN LOVE
310(3)
FRIENDSHIP AS THE FOUNDATION OF LOVE
313(10)
THE MEANING OF FIDELITY
323(6)
THE WANING OF LOVE, AND KEEPING LOVE ALIVE
329(14)
REINVENTING LOVE
343

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