‘Romantic Love vs. Marriage: A Psychoanalytic Approach’ by Keelin Lord
(In Essai, vol 5, issue 1, article 30.) Back on 4th April , when reflecting on Joseph Campbell‘s mythological wisdom on love, I voiced some questions and concerns about romance and marriage in western...
View ArticleThe Inner Lover: Using passion as a way to self-empowerment by Valerie Harms
(Connecticut; Aslan Publishing, 1999) One of the biggest issues I have with Modern Dualistic Thought is the loss of imagination as a category associated with, but distinct from, thinking and feeling...
View Article‘The Drive to Love: Neural Mechanism for Mate Selection’ by Helen Fisher
(Chapter 5 in The New Psychology of Love edited by Robert J. Sternberg & Karen Weis, Yale University Press; New Haven, 2006) Helen Fisher has studied romantic love for 30 years! Recently she’s...
View ArticleBernard Lonergan on Conversion as Falling in Love
In one of my recent essays I drew upon Bernard Lonergan’s conception of conversion as ‘falling in love.’ It’s something that I intend to explore further and, if I have seemed a little preoccupied...
View Article‘Two Conceptions of Love in Philosophical Thought’ by Christopher Cordner
(In Sophia: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysical Theology and Ethics (University of Melbourne) Vol 50, No 3, Sept 2011, pp.315-329) Wandering through the library lobby this...
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