Philosophy and Love: From Plato to Popular Culture

by Linnell Secomb

Book Overview

Philosophy and Love introduces readers to philosophical reflections on love from Plato to the present. Bringing philosophy together with popular cultural analysis, Linnell Secomb provides an interesting and engaging account of theories of love throughout history. Along the way, reflections on same-sex desire, cross-cultural love, and internet romance are considered against the ideas of Nietzsche, Beauvoir, Irigaray, Derrida, and Fanon, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253219477
• ISBN13: 9780253219473
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher