Beyond Romance (9780791450987)
State University of New York Press
Paperback or Softback 208 pages Oct 11, 2001
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Critiques the predominant romantic ideal.Beyond Romance critiques the romantic ideal that predominates contemporary thought and practice-it defines, explores, and advocates authentic love as a preferable alternative. The author claims that you can't genuinely love a person you don't know, and that the quality of love depends on the quality and extent of the knowing. Drawing heavily from the work of Merleau-Ponty, Dillon also takes up the classical treatments of love from Plato to the present, emphasizing Hegel, Freud, Sartre, and Derrida. Dillon argues that much of contemporary erotic malaise is traceable to the flaws in the romantic model, and that authentic love addresses these mistakes and promises relief.
- Author:
- M. C. Dillon
- Publisher:
- State University of New York Press
- Publication Date:
- Oct 11, 2001
- Number of pages:
- 208 pages
- Binding:
- Paperback or Softback
- ISBN-10:
- 0791450988
- ISBN-13:
- 9780791450987