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The curious history of love

The one emotion that matters most to many people is the one about which social thinkers rarely speak - love. For many people, love is the thing that matters most in their lives: they are searching for love, hoping to find in love a kind of happiness that they cannot find in their work or by surrounding themselves with material goods. But where does this peculiar and powerful blending together of love and happiness come from, and why do we find it such a compelling idea today? In this short book Jean-Claude Kaufmann offers a fresh account of the history of a feeling unlike any other. The modern idea of love as passion was born in the 12th century but it was marginalized by the rise of a kind of instrumental, calculating reason that became increasingly central to modern societies. As calculating reason began to encroach on the personal domain, many individuals sought to escape from it, searching for happiness elsewhere. As our societies become dominated by calculating reason and selfish individualism, we search elsewhere for the kind of happy love that will heal all our wounds. This is why we experience so many changes of heart in our personal lives: at times we are coldly calculating and then, a few moments later, we sacrifice ourselves to love without a second thought. -- Book cover.

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  • "L'étrange histoire de l'amour hereux"

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  • "The one emotion that matters most to many people is the one about which social thinkers rarely speak - love. For many people, love is the thing that matters most in their lives: they are searching for love, hoping to find in love a kind of happiness that they cannot find in their work or by surrounding themselves with material goods. But where does this peculiar and powerful blending together of love and happiness come from, and why do we find it such a compelling idea today? In this short book Jean-Claude Kaufmann offers a fresh account of the history of a feeling unlike any other. The modern idea of love as passion was born in the 12th century but it was marginalized by the rise of a kind of instrumental, calculating reason that became increasingly central to modern societies. As calculating reason began to encroach on the personal domain, many individuals sought to escape from it, searching for happiness elsewhere. As our societies become dominated by calculating reason and selfish individualism, we search elsewhere for the kind of happy love that will heal all our wounds. This is why we experience so many changes of heart in our personal lives: at times we are coldly calculating and then, a few moments later, we sacrifice ourselves to love without a second thought. -- Book cover."@en
  • "The one emotion that matters most to many people is the one about which social thinkers rarely speak - love. For many people, love is the thing that matters most in their lives: they are searching for love, hoping to find in love a kind of happiness that they cannot find in their work or by surrounding themselves with material goods. But where does this peculiar and powerful blending together of love and happiness come from, and why do we find it such a compelling idea today? In this short book Jean-Claude Kaufmann offers a fresh account of the history of a feeling unlike any other. The modern idea of love as passion was born in the 12th century but it was marginalized by the rise of a kind of instrumental, calculating reason that became increasingly central to modern societies. As calculating reason began to encroach on the personal domain, many individuals sought to escape from it, searching for happiness elsewhere. As our societies become dominated by calculating reason and selfish individualism, we search elsewhere for the kind of happy love that will heal all our wounds. This is why we experience so many changes of heart in our personal lives: at times we are coldly calculating and then, a few moments later, we sacrifice ourselves to love without a second thought--Book cover."
  • ""Pendant des siècles, de débats passionnés en illusions déçues, l'amour a rêvé de guider le monde. Chaque tentative fut un échec, parfois terrible. Alors l'amour s'est replié sur la vie privée. Il a laissé l'économie prendre le pouvoir, et s'est contenté de construire un univers de consolation et de caresses face aux duretés du monde. Jean-Claude Kaufmann renouvelle ici l'histoire d'un sentiment pas comme les autres. Il nous entraîne dans l'aventure des grandes utopies et nous révèle la face cachée des épisodes fondateurs de nos vécus amoureux. À travers ce récit, émaillé d'anecdotes savoureuses, il questionne les valeurs de notre époque et nous pousse à nous interroger sur notre positionnement personnel. Devant la souffrance suscitée par une conception étroitement économique et cynique de la vie collective, la question de l'amour dans sa dimension sociale et politique est en train de resurgir. Elle explique l'intensité et les espoirs renouvelés que nous mettons aujourd'hui dans la quête du bonheur amoureux."--Page 4 of cover."
  • "L'amour au coeur de la société n'est pas qu'une utopie pour l'auteur. A travers des anecdotes et un engagement personnel, celui-ci revient sur l'amour au fil des siècles, selon diverses cultures."

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  • "L'étrange histoire de l'amour heureux"

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