About Love: Reinventing Romance for our Times by Robert C. Solomon
A subtle and distinguished work by a philosopher renowned for his groundbreaking analysis of human emotions, About Love
About Love
Summary
Presents a study of the phenomenon of romantic love. Offering observations from a range of sources - literary, historical, and personal - this work explores the crucial ingredients of time and sex in contemporary relationships and discusses whether love 'at first sight' is possible, and whether love that lasts a lifetime is probable.
About Love Summary
About Love Reviews
The best book on this most written-on subject to come along in decades. -- Los Angeles Daily News
In this wise, witty, adventurous essay, Solomon sheds light on love at first sight, whether opposites attract, counterfeit emotion, the euphemism (and act) of 'sleeping together,' possessiveness, the need of lovers for privacy and the importance of fights in a healthy relationship. -- Publishers Weekly
For the generation of lovers that asks, 'How are we to make love last?' -- The New York Times Book Review
In this wise, witty, adventurous essay, Solomon sheds light on love at first sight, whether opposites attract, counterfeit emotion, the euphemism (and act) of 'sleeping together,' possessiveness, the need of lovers for privacy and the importance of fights in a healthy relationship. -- Publishers Weekly
For the generation of lovers that asks, 'How are we to make love last?' -- The New York Times Book Review
About Robert C. Solomon
Robert C. Solomon, (1942-2007), was Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business and Philosophy and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. His The Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life is also available from Hackett Publishing Company.
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GOR007652649
9780872208575
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About Love: Reinventing Romance for our Times by Robert C. Solomon
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
2006-09-30
352
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