Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Love As Human FreedomISBN13:9780804776769ISBN10:0804776768Author:Kottman, Paul A. (Author)Description:Rather Than See Love As A Natural Form Of Affection, Love As Human Freedom Sees Love As A Practice That Changes Over Time Through Which New Social Realities Are Brought Into Being Love Brings About, And Helps Us To Explain, Immense Social-Historical Shifts--From The Rise Of Feminism And The Emergence Of Bourgeois Family Life, To The Struggles For Abortion Rights And Birth Control And The Erosion Of A Gender-Based Division Of Labor Drawing On Hegel, Paul A Kottman Argues That Love Generates And Explains Expanded Possibilities For Freely Lived Lives Through Keen Interpretations Of The Best Known Philosophical And Literary Depictions Of Its Topic--Including Shakespeare, Plato, Nietzsche, Ovid, Flaubert, And Tolstoy--His Book Treats Love As A Fundamental Way That We Humans Make Sense Of Temporal Change, Especially The Inevitability Of Death And The Propagation Of Life Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:Stanford University PressPublication Date:2017-05-30Weight:1.05 lbsDimensions:0.7'' H x 9.1'' L x 6.6'' WNumber of Pages:256Language:English