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The nature and pursuit of love : the philosophy of Irving Singer
- Title
- The nature and pursuit of love : the philosophy of Irving Singer / edited by David Goicoechea.
- Publication
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | B945.S657 N37 1995 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Goicoechea, David.
- Description
- 364 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- The nature and pursuit of love has been an abiding concern of philosophers. While feelings of love may be universal among human beings, ideas about it are particular to a culture or historical period, ranging from the elitist assumptions of Plato to the pluralistic ideals of the late twentieth century.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Preface / David Goicoechea -- Two Interviews with Irving Singer on the Nature and Pursuit of Love -- Introduction to the Papers / David Goicoechea -- 1. Appraising - Bestowing - Growing - Adoring / David Goicoechea -- 2. Loving, Appraising, and Bestowing / Russell Vannoy -- 3. A Mind to Love: Friends and Lovers in Ancient Greek Philosophy / Paul Gooch -- 4. Love and Knowledge in the Bible / Graeme Nicholson -- 5. Ovid and Courtly Humanism / Kevin McCabe -- 6. Loving Friendship According to Thomas Aquinas / Walter Principe -- 7. The Marriage of Love and Reason / John R. A. Mayer -- 8. Three Critiques of Schlegel's Lucinde / Robert L. Perkins -- 9. Kierkegaard's Philosophy of Love / Sylvia Walsh Perkins -- 10. Through a Glass Darkly: Freud's Concept of Love / Pat Duffy Hutcheon -- 11. Love's Moral and Religious Implications: Irving Singer's Trilogy / John Nota -- 12. Inauthentic and Authentic Love in Sartrean Existentialism / Thomas Flynn -- 13. Caring Love and Liberty: Some Questions / Marvin Kohl.
- 14. Singer's Idealization of Love: A Postscript / Marvin Kohl -- 15. Can Scientists Make Love? / Stanley G. Clarke -- 16. Male and Female in the Modern World / John Mitterer -- 17. Evaluating Sexual Love: A Prolegomenon to Postromantic Inquiry / John McMurtry -- 18. Love in Don Giovanni / Marc Widner -- 19. Irving Singer and The Goals of Human Sexuality / Ric Brown -- 20. Pursuing Love with the Proper Map / Timothy J. Madigan -- A Reply to My Critics and Friendly Commentators / Irving Singer.
- ISBN
- 0879759127 (hard : acid-free paper) :
- LCCN
- 94040405
- OCLC
- 31410115
- ocm31410115
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries