The Normal Chaos of Love
by Beck, Ulrich; Beck-Gernsheim, ElisabethEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-04-10
Publisher(s): Polity
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Summary
This is a brilliant study of the nature of love in modern society. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that the nature of love is changing fundamentally, creating opportunities for democracy or chaos in personal life.
Author Biography
Ulrich Beck is Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich and at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Elizabeth Beck-Gernsheim is Professor of Sociology at the University of Erlangen.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Love or Freedom | |
| From Love to Liaison | |
| Free Love, Free Divorce | |
| All For Love of a Child | |
| Eve's Late Apple | |
| Love, Our Secular Religion | |
| Notes | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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