Why Love Hurts · A Sociological Explanation by Illouz, Eva -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Title page Copyright page Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: The Misery of Love

What is Modernity? Love in Modernity, Love as Modernity Why Sociology Is and Remains Necessary Sociology and Psychic Suffering

2: The Great Transformation of Love or the Emergence of Marriage Markets

Character and the Moral Ecology of Romantic Choice The Great Transformation of Romantic Ecology: The Emergence of Marriage Markets Conclusion

3: Commitment Phobia and the New Architecture of Romantic Choice

From Female Reserve to Male Detachment Masculinity and the Demise of Commitment The Dynamic of Women's Exclusivist Strategies Hedonic Commitment Phobia Aboulic Commitment Phobia The New Architecture of Romantic Choice or the Disorganization of the Will Promise-Keeping and the Architecture of Modern Choice Sexual Abundance and Emotional Inequalities Conclusion

4: The Demand for Recognition: Love and the Vulnerability of the Self

Why Love Feels Good From Class Recognition to Recognition of the Self Recognition and Ontological Insecurity in Modernity Recognition vs Autonomy From Self-Love to Self-Blame The Moral Structure of Self-Blame Conclusion

5: Love, Reason, Irony

Enchanted Love Making Love into a Science Political Emancipation as Rationalization Technologies of Choice Eros, Irony Conclusion

6: From Romantic Fantasy to Disappointment

Imagination, Love Fictional Emotions Disappointment as a Cultural Practice Imagination and the Internet Autotelic Desire Conclusion

7: Epilogue Index