The End of Love: A Sociology of Negative Relations

by Eva Illouz

Book Overview

Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us, the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs down our spine at the mere thought of him or her. Yet, a culture that has so much to say about love is virtually silent on the no less mysterious moments when we avoid falling in love, where we fall out of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509550259
• ISBN13: 9781509550258
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"