Love As Human Freedom

Paul A. Kottman is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of A Politics of the Scene (Stanford, 2007) and the editor of Philosophers on Shakespeare (Stanford, 2009).

List of contents

Part I: Prologue

Part II: Love of the Living and the Dead

Part III: From the Propagation of Life to Lovemaking

About the author

Paul A. Kottman is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of A Politics of the Scene (Stanford, 2007) and the editor of Philosophers on Shakespeare (Stanford, 2009).

Summary

This book argues that love is a practice through we make sense of fundamental questions–from the propagation of life, to the inevitability of death. Acts of love not only reflect current social values but instead make new social realities, such as feminism or same-sex marriage, come into being and thus help us to explain immense historical shifts.

Additional text

"Love as Human Freedom tells what is in more ways than one a great story. In so doing, it defines life, art, and criticism as interdependent forms of thinking with the highest possible stakes. I hope Shakespeareans and others will sit up and take notice."

Product details

• Authors: Paul A. Kottman
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781503602274
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-0227-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Square One: First-Order Questi; Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities; Square One: First-Order Questi; Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous