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9780521478939

Cupid's Arrow: The Course of Love through Time

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521478939

  • ISBN10:

    0521478936

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-01-13
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

In this absorbing book, renowned psychologist Robert J. Sternberg presents a psychological approach to human relationships that reveals how and why people fall in and out of love. Fascinating reading for anyone who wants to learn more about love, Cupid's Arrow draws on fields ranging from history to cognitive science to folklore, offering a comprehensive account of love in its many forms. Grounded in Sternberg's own 'triangular theory', the book explores the many varieties of love as diffe

Table of Contents

Preface
The Composition of Cupid's Arrow: What Is Love?
A Three-Component View of Lovep. 3
Seven Kinds of Lovep. 16
Many Different Triangles of Lovep. 24
Measuring the Triangle of Lovep. 44
Aiming Cupid's Arrow: Love over Many Lifetimes
The Prehistory of Lovep. 53
The History of Love Revealed through Culturep. 59
The History of Love Revealed through Literaturep. 75
Firing Cupid's Arrow: Love in Our Lifetime: Beginnings
The Role of Childhood and Adolescencep. 101
The Role of Adulthoodp. 107
Cupid's Arrow in Flight: Love in Our Lifetime: Middles
The Role of Rewardp. 131
The Course of Relationshipsp. 141
When Cupid's Arrow Falls: Love in Our Lifetime: Endings
Decay of Relationshipsp. 159
Dissolution of and New Beginnings for Relationshipsp. 168
Notesp. 183
Indexp. 203
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