Love in the Western World - Softcover

De Rougemont, Denis

 
9780691013930: Love in the Western World
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691013934 ISBN 13: 9780691013930
Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1983

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In this classic work, often described as "The History of the Rise, Decline, and Fall of the Love Affair" Denis de Rougemont explores the psychology of love from the legend of Tristan and Isolde to Hollywood. At the heart of his ever-relevant inquiry is the inescapable conflict in the West between marriage and passion-the first associated with social and religious responsiblity and the second with anarchic, unappeasable love as celebrated by the troubadours of medieval Provence. These early poets, according to de Rougemont, spoke the words of an Eros-centered theology, and it was through this "heresy" that a European vocabulary of mysticism flourished and that Western literature took on a new direction. Bringing together historical, religious, philosophical, and cultural dimensions, the author traces the evolution of Western romantic love from its literary beginnings as an awe-inspiring secret to its commercialization in the cinema. He seeks to restore the myth of love to its original integrity and concludes with a philosophical perspective on modern marriage.

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Denis de Rougemon Translated from the French by Montgomery Belgion

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In this classic work, Denis De Rougemont explores the psychology of love from the legend of Tristan and Isolde to Hollywood.

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Verlag
Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1983
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691013934
ISBN 13 
9780691013930
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
394
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