Love in the Dark : : Philosophy by Another Name / / Diane Enns.
Intimate love opens us up to suffering, sacrifice, and loss. Is it always worth the risk? Consulting philosophers, writers, and poets who draw insights from material life, Diane Enns shines a light on the limits of erotic love, exploring its paradoxes through personal and philosophical reflections....
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Legacy
- Ruined States
- What Is Love?
- Anarchic Eros
- The Cannibal Husbands of Our Futures
- Two Crucifixions
- If Only We Had Read the Song of Solomon
- Burning
- Find the Clitoris
- Shame
- Vulgar Love
- Ambivalent Pleasure
- Rigor Mortis
- Part II. Love
- The We
- Happy Love
- Sweet Apple
- Insatiable Demand for Presence
- Love for the Living
- The Infinite Plasticity of Position
- L'Amour Fou
- Beautification
- Pathological Love
- The Interworld
- The Gift
- "Volo Ut Sis"
- Part III. Limits
- Amputation
- "You Made My Life Better"
- On the Question of Worth
- My Best Thing
- Peeled Skin
- Can't or Won't
- The Angryman and the Sweetman
- Abusion
- A Misnomer
- The Paradox of Risk
- The House of Tragedy
- The Line
- A Bad Calculation
- Sweet Revenge
- Saving
- Leaving
- Part IV. Loss
- The Original Loss
- Slow Heart
- Iron Air
- Emotional Possibility
- Mourning Time
- Cosmic Gift
- Losing Is Ours
- Grieving the Living
- Singularity and Betrayal
- The Ambiguity of Loneliness
- Survival
- Monuments
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index