{"product_id":"love-a-very-short-introduction-paperback","title":"Love: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald de Sousa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough there are many kinds of love, erotic love has been celebrated in art and poetry as life's most rewarding and exalting experience, worth living and dying for and bringing out the best in ourselves. And yet it has excused, and even been thought to justify, the most reprehensible crimes. Why should this be? This \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e explores this and other puzzling questions. Do we love someone for their virtue, their beauty, or their moral or other qualities? Are love's characteristic desires altruistic or selfish? Are there duties of love? What do the sciences - neuroscience, evolutionary and social psychology, and anthropology - tell us about love? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of the answers we give to such questions are determined not so much by the facts of human nature as by the ideology of love. Ronald de Sousa considers some of the many paradoxes raised by love, looking at the different kinds of love - affections, affiliation, \u003cem\u003ephilia, storage, agape\u003c\/em\u003e, but focusses on \u003cem\u003eeros\u003c\/em\u003e, or romantic love. He considers whether our conventional beliefs about love and sex are deeply irrational and argues that alternative conceptions of love and sex, although hard to formulate and live by, may be worth striving for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introductions\u003c\/em\u003e series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRonald de Sousa\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has taught at University of Toronto, Canada since 1966. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rationality of Emotion\u003c\/em\u003e (MIT 1987), \u003cem\u003eWhy Think? Evolution and the Rational Mind\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2007, 2011), and \u003cem\u003eEmotional Truth\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2011). He has also published over a hundred articles and book chapters, and taught and lectured in some twenty countries. His research interests have been mainly in areas of philosophy that seek to understand the mind: emotion, evolutionary theory, cognitive science, aesthetics, ethics, and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 4.4 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753994289440,"sku":"9780199663842","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ae81407fe098891c456117e700d98b3c.webp?v=1780031112","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/love-a-very-short-introduction-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}