Philosophy of love : a partial summing-up / Irving Singer.
| Author/creator | Singer, Irving |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xviii, 125 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Irving Singer Library Singer, Irving. Irving Singer library. ^A796310 |
| Contents | Is romantic love a recent idea? -- Plato -- Beyond idealism -- Concepts of transcendence and merging -- Courtly love and its successors -- Varieties of romantic love -- Identification of love and passion -- Bestowal and appraisal in relation to Freud -- Schopenhauer and Nietzsche -- Implications for marriage -- Dualism and Freud on erotic degradation -- Democracy as related to romanticism -- Existentialism -- The love of life : a pluralist perspective -- Harmonization of Dewey and Santayana -- The role of creativity -- Future prospects for the philosophy of love : science and humanistic studies united. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 2008035944 |
| ISBN | 9780262195744 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0262195747 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BD436 .S522 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |