The Curious History of Love, 1st Edition
- Hardcover
200 pages
- Release Date
17 November 2011
Summary
The one emotion that matters most to many people is the one about which social thinkers rarely speak - love. For many people, love is the thing that matters most in their lives: they are searching for love, hoping to find in love a kind of happiness that they cannot find in their work or by surrounding themselves with material goods. But where does this peculiar and powerful blending together of love and happiness come from, and why do we find it such a compelling idea today?
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780745651538 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0745651534 |
| Author: | Jean-Claude Kaufmann |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 17 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 19mm |
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“As a commentary on the Western construction of love, the politics of love in Western society, and an analysis of modern romantic love, Kaufmann’s book has considerable value to anthropology. Plus, it is written in a jocular tone, making it amusing to read even as it opens some vistas on a taken-for-granted Western experience.”cgi?keycode=5177”Anthropology Review Database“As sociologists have discovered the centrality of emotions as organizers of social life, Jean-Claude Kaufmann has emerged as the most insightful student of how romantic life is shaped through ‘sentimental education.’ In The Curious History of Love, Kaufmann succeeds in demonstrating that love has been shaped through historical contingencies and contemporary expectations. Focusing on how women experience this most curious sensation - the tingly experience that we call love - Kaufmann draws from history and from personal stories to produce a lively and astute analysis that speaks to the emotional economy as a source of joy and pain.”Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern University
About The Author
Jean-Claude Kaufmann
Jean-Claude Kaufmann is Professor of Sociology at University of Paris V Sorbonne.
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