Love

ISBN-13: 9780415696111 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 134 str.

Tom Inglis

Opis

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, 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: to have lived without loving is sinful.

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 loving and liking? How does love link to hate, shame and pride? Inglis addresses all these questions, and looks at how today s changing circumstances globalization and increased mobility have changed our perceptions of love and relationships. Love will appeal to students and general readers alike.

Spis treści

Series editor’s preface  1. Love Makes the World Go Round  2. Romantic Love  3. All Kinds of Loving  4. Ingredients of Love  5. An Emotional Game 6. Being Lovely  7. Love and Sex  8. Making Love  9. Separation, Loss and Grief  10. Conclusion.  Notes.  Glossary.  Suggested Further Reading

O autorze

Tom Inglis is Associate Professor of Sociology in University College Dublin. He has written extensively on religion, sexuality, globalization, the media and love, particularly in his books Moral Monopoly (second edition, 1998), Lessons in Irish Sexuality (1998), Truth, Power and Lies (2003), Global Ireland (2008) and Making Love (2012).