- Shopping Bag ( 0 items )
In the Name of Love: Romantic Ideology and Its Victims
Ships from: London, United Kingdom
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
- •Canadian
- •International
- •Standard, 48 States
- •Standard (AK, HI)
Ships from: Horcott Rd, Fairford, United Kingdom
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
- •Standard, 48 States
- •Standard (AK, HI)
Ships from: Punta Gorda, FL
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
- •Canadian
- •International
- •Standard, 48 States
- •Standard (AK, HI)
- •Express, 48 States
- •Express (AK, HI)
Ships from: Punta Gorda, FL
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
- •Canadian
- •International
- •Standard, 48 States
- •Standard (AK, HI)
- •Express, 48 States
- •Express (AK, HI)
Ships from: Martinez, CA
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
- •Standard, 48 States
- •Standard (AK, HI)
Ships from: Martinez, CA
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
- •Standard, 48 States
- •Standard (AK, HI)
Ships from: Hialeah, FL
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
- •Standard, 48 States
Ships from: MIAMI, FL
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
- •Canadian
- •International
- •Standard, 48 States
- •Standard (AK, HI)
- •Express, 48 States
- •Express (AK, HI)
Ships from: Hialeah, FL
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
- •Standard, 48 States
Overview
We yearn to experience the idealized love in so many novels, movies, poems, and popular songs. Ironically, it is the idealization of love that arms it with its destructive power. Popular media consistently remind us that love is all we need, but statistics concerning the rate of depression and suicides after divorce or romantic break up remind us what might happen if "all that we need" is taken away. This book is about our ideals of love, our experiences of love, the actual disparity between the two, and the manners of coping with this disparity.L A major study case of the book concerns men who have murdered their wives or partners allegedly "out of love." It is estimated that over 30% of...