Love / Tom Inglis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inglis, Tom.

Series:

Shortcuts (Routledge (Firm))

Shortcuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love.

Sex.

Grief.

Physical Description:

viii, 122 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Love is a dominant theme in Western popular culture. It has become central to the meaning of everyday life, propagated through the media and the market. Being in love has become idealized. With the demise of institutional religion in the West, romantic love has become the dominant form of inner-worldly salvation. In Foucault's terms, it has become a key component in the 'arts of existence' and the care of self. In this highly accessible introduction to love of all kinds, Tom Inglis gives a clear, concise picture of how love shapes, and is shaped by, society. How is romantic love linked to capitalism? What is the difference between romantic love and loving? How is love connected to separation, loss and grief? Inglis addresses all these questions, and looks at how today's changing circumstances - globalization, mobile lives and increased individualism - have changed our perceptions of love and relationships. Love is an engaging, thoughtful introduction to the subject for students, academics and general readers alike. Book jacket.

Contents:

Love makes the world go round

Romantic love

All kinds of loving

Ingredients of love

An emotional game

Being lovely

Love and sex

Making love

Separation, loss and grief

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-116, [117]) and index.

ISBN:

9780415696111

0415696119

9780415696128

0415696127

9780203578605

0203578600

OCLC:

778425168