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Existentialism and romantic love
- Title
- Existentialism and romantic love / Skye Cleary, Columbia University, New York, USA.
- Author
- Cleary, Skye, 1975-
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 15-2402 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 208 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This existential study of romantic loving draws on five existential philosophers to offer insights into what is wrong with our everyday ideas about romantic loving, why reality often falls short of the ideal, what can be done to overcome frustrations and disappointments, and possibilities for creating authentically meaningful relationships. Skye Cleary argues that existential philosophies reveal to us the notion that once lovers free themselves from preconceived ideals about how romantic lovers ought to behave, and free themselves from being slaves to their passions, they will be free to create relationships that complement and enhance their personal authentic endeavors. Existential thinking lends itself well to the problems of love, since it turns abstract thought into dealing with concrete human experiences and relationship dilemmas. It provides the narrative to explore the space between the ideals of romantic loving and the compromises and sacrifices lovers make in order to try to achieve those ideals. Moreover, the issues that the existential thinkers deal with - choice, responsibility, anxiety, authenticity, freedom, and power - are timeless"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-203) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Max Stirner and Loving Egoistically -- 3. Søren Kierkegaard and Loving Aesthetically -- 4. Friedrich Nietzsche and Loving Powerfully -- 5. Jean-Paul Sartre and Loving Sado-Masochistically -- 6. Simone de Beauvoir and Loving Authentically -- 7. Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-2402
- ISBN
- 9781137455796 (hardback)
- 1137455799 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2015002149
- 40024799306
- OCLC
- 894540452
- Author
- Cleary, Skye, 1975- author.
- Title
- Existentialism and romantic love / Skye Cleary, Columbia University, New York, USA.
- Publisher
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-203) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024799306
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-2402