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Alienation and Identity in Romantic Love

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Alienation and Identity in Romantic Love

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The concept of romantic love, influenced as it is by the theme within Romanticism of alienation and identification, suggests an important connection between love and personal identity. Love in this context recognizes both the sense in which one's beloved is a separate human being and is, at the same time, a constitutive aspect of one's identity. Alienation and Identity in Romantic Love explores this connection in the context of discussions of both metaphysical views of personal identity and practical or ethical accounts. To this end, Gary Foster discusses the work of influential philosophers in both the analytic and continental traditions as well as the findings of sociologists. He explores the love and personal identity relationship through moral and narrative perspectives and examines certain aspects of the modern love experience such as the phenomenon of online dating. Ultimately, Foster finds in Jean-Paul Sartre's work a promising approach to understanding this connection through his emphasis on embodied identity.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter One: Romantic Love: A Preliminary Discussion
Chapter Two: Love, Desire, and Identity
Chapter Three: Self, Identification, and Love
Chapter Four: Enduring Self, Enduring Love?
Chapter Five: Love and Narrative Identity
Chapter Six: What Matters for Identity? What Matters for Love?
Chapter Seven: Love, Morality, and the Self
Chapter Eight: Modern Love
Chapter Nine: Online Dating: Identity in a Profile
Chapter Ten: Love and Embodied Identity

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Published Aug 06 2024
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 268
ISBN 9781666912357
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Gary Foster

Gary Foster is associate professor in the Departme…

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