Love: All That Matters - Mark Vernon

Love: All That Matters

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Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2013
John Murray Learning (Verlag)
978-1-4441-5675-1 (ISBN)
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Does love really conquer all?
Love: All That Matters argues that the modern view on love has been distorted by a fixation on romantic love that has depleted our resources for living through the darker sides of love, whereas in fact there are several ways in which humans give and experience love over the course of their lives and it is best to have access to them all.

Vernon draws on science, psychology, philosophy and literature, to examine eight different kinds of love, each associated with a phase of human development. From infant narcissism and the emergence of eros, through puberty and the rush of romantic love, to the end of life and the love of God, this is a beguiling tour of the most mysterious force of all.

This accessible and readable book will appeal to both students and general readers, giving a fascinating introduction to the psychology and philosophy of love - and what matters most about it.

Mark Vernon is writer and author of several books including After Atheism (2007), The Philosophy of Friendship (2005) and Wellbeing (2008). He has degrees in physics and theology, and a PhD in philosophy and is an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck College, London. He also writes for newspapers including the Guardian, TLS and Financial Times, and began his professional life as a priest in the Church of England.

1: Our first love: Narcissism in infancy
2: The emergence of eros: the Oedipal situation
3: Off to school: the vital importance of friendship
4: Puberty and the rush of romantic love
5: Having children and the instinct to procreate
6: Creating a place in the world: love as belonging
7: Midlife crisis and the love of wisdom
8: The end of life: the love of God?

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.1.2013
Reihe/Serie All That Matters
Sprache englisch
Maße 128 x 176 mm
Gewicht 236 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-4441-5675-6 / 1444156756
ISBN-13 978-1-4441-5675-1 / 9781444156751
Zustand Neuware
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