Philosophy of Love in the Past, Present, and Future (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)

Grahle, André (EDT)/ McKeever, Natasha (EDT)/ Saunders, Joe (EDT)

Routledge（2024/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 268 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781032200866
• DDC分類 128.46

Full Description

This volume features original essays on the philosophy of love. The essays are organized thematically around the past, present, and future of philosophical thinking about love.

In Part I, the contributors explore what we can learn from the history of philosophical thinking about love. The chapters cover Ancient Greek thinkers, namely Plato and Aristotle, as well as Kierkegaard's critique of preferential love and Erich Fromm's mystic interpretation of sexual relations. Part II covers current conceptions and practices of love. These chapters explore how love changes over time, the process of falling in love, the erotic dimension of romantic love, and a new interpretation of grand-parental love. Finally, Part III looks at the future of love. These chapters address technological developments related to love, such as algorithm-driven dating apps and robotic companions, as well as the potential of polyamory as a future romantic ideal.

This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in moral philosophy and social and political philosophy who are working on issues related to the philosophy of love.

Contents

Introduction

André Grahle, Natasha McKeever, and Joe Saunders

Part I: Past

1. Love and Death in Plato's Symposium

Ginger Tate Clausen

2. Aristotelian Communal Love

Anna Mense

3. Love your neighbour as Yourself

Terence Irwin

4. Love's Telos: Kierkegaard's Critique of Preferential Love

Daniel Watts

5. Erich Fromm on Love and Union: Mysticism and Romanticism about Sexual Relations

Christopher Bennett

Part II: Present

6. Love and the Past (and Present, and Future)

Troy Jollimore

7. Falling in Love

Pilar Lopez-Cantero

8. Erotic Thoughts

Neil Delaney

9. Loves Passed

Joe Saunders

10. "Ain't Love Grand?" Looking at Grandparental Love

Christine Overall

Part III: Future

11. Polyamory: The Future of Love?

Luke Brunning

12. Love without Possession

André Grahle

13. Romantic Love in a political liberal society

Alison Toop

14. The Technological Future of Love

Sven Nyholm, John Danahar, and Brian D. Earp

15. Online Dating and Love Robots: How technology may undermine valuable features of romantic love

Natasha McKeever