{"product_id":"erotic-love-in-sociology-philosophy-finn-bowring-9781350092228","title":"Erotic Love in Sociology, Philosophy and Literature: From Romanticism to Rationality","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy is 'love' taken for granted as a part of human experience? And why is sexual or romantic love in particular so important to us? This book aims to find out, tracing the intellectual history of sexual love, from the ancient Greeks to the modern day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eErotic Love\u003c\/i\u003e shows how discourses of love have intersected with social and cultural trends, as well as with personal events and experiences. Beginning with the queering of love in Greek antiquity, it looks at how sexual love has been sung about, fictionalized and theorized as a cornerstone of the formation of Western culture. From the courtly love of twelfth-century troubadours and the rise of affective individualism in the eighteenth century, to the way the novel helped catalyze and crystallize the hopes and contradictions of love and marriage, these are decisive episodes in the history of romantic love. Lastly, the book deals with how sociologists and feminist theorists have made sense of the liberalization of sexuality over the last fifty years, especially given the post-romantic pragmatism of commercialized dating practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguing against the over-rationalism of intimate life, \u003ci\u003eErotic Lov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ee\u003c\/i\u003e recognizes the need to liberate love from patriarchal, racist and homophobic prejudices, and highlights the value of literary and sociological traditions to emphasize how they dignify the rhapsodies and the sufferings of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Finn Bowring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350092223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350092228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020","brand":"Finn Bowring","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44064351551743,"sku":"9781350092228","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_993b8b4a-b233-4efa-92ca-eb42fd3cfbd8.jpg?v=1685394968","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/erotic-love-in-sociology-philosophy-finn-bowring-9781350092228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}