The Arc of Love : How Our Romantic Lives Change over Time / Aaron Ben-Ze'ev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Zeʼev, Aharon, Author.

Series:

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love.

Love--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Is love best when it is fresh? For many, the answer is a resounding "yes." The intense experiences that characterize new love are impossible to replicate, leading to wistful reflection and even a repeated pursuit of such ecstatic beginnings. Aaron Ben-Ze'ev takes these experiences seriously, but he's also here to remind us of the benefits of profound love-an emotion that can only develop with time. In The Arc of Love, he provides an in-depth, philosophical account of the experiences that arise in early, intense love-sexual passion, novelty, change-as well as the benefits of cultivating long-term, profound love-stability, development, calmness. Ben-Ze'ev analyzes the core of emotions many experience in early love and the challenges they encounter, and he offers pointers for weathering these challenges. Deploying the rigorous analysis of a philosopher, but writing clearly and in an often humorous style with an eye to lived experience, he takes on topics like compromise, commitment, polyamory, choosing a partner, online dating, and when to say "I love you." Ultimately, Ben-Ze'ev assures us, while love is indeed best when fresh, if we tend to it carefully, it can become more delicious and nourishing even as time marches on.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. The Possibility of Long-Term Romantic Love

2. Emotional Experiences

3. Romantic Experiences

4. Fostering Enduring Romantic Love

5. The Role of Time in Love

6. The Romantic Connection

7. Romantic Compromises

8. Choosing a Romantic Partner

9. Romantic Relationships

10. Sexual Relationships

11. Love in Later Life

12. Greater Diversity and Flexibility

13. A Balanced Diet Is the New Romantic Feast

14. Afterword: Fresh Eggs, Aging Wine, and Profound Love

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226634067

022663406X

OCLC:

1101101302