Love as Passion - The Codification of Intimacy

"There is a dearth of analytical writing about the emotions and sentiments that seem to motivate most human action, at least in everyday discussion, although some researchers are making some efforts to remedy this situation. Love as Passion is an outstanding contribution to this emerging trend . . . full of novel information and fascinating ideas."-- Contemporary Sociology

About the author

Niklas Luhmann is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld.

Summary

In this volume, Luhmann analyzes the evolution of love in Western Europe from the 17th century to the present. In the book he aims to restore the lost link between academically reputable social theorizing and the subjective experience of life.

Additional text

"There is a dearth of analytical writing about the emotions and sentiments that seem to motivate most human action, at least in everyday discussion, although some researchers are making some efforts to remedy this situation. Love as Passion is an outstanding contribution to this emerging trend . . . full of novel information and fascinating ideas."

Product details

• Authors: Niklas Luhmann, Nuklas Luhmann, Luhmann Niklas
• Assisted by: Jeremy Gaines (Translation), Doris Jones (Translation), Doris L Jones (Translation), Doris L. Jones (Translation)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1998
• EAN: 9780804732536
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-3253-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 354 g
• Series: Cultural Memory in the Present; Cultural Memory in the Present
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works