This is a much-needed update on the latest theory and research on love supplied by leading scientific experts. It is suitable for psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and anyone with an interest in love and what has been learned from scientific studies of it.

An exploration of human behavior examines the innate aspects of love, sex, and marriage, discussing flirting behavior, courting postures, the brain chemistry of attraction, divorce and adultery in societies around the world, and more. Reprint.

Excerpt from Chapters on Human Love These pages treat upon human love and the union of the sexes in their evolutionary, historic, and physiological aspects. I do not by any means profess that this is a fully comprehensive treatise on this stupendous subject but I have endeavoured to collate and classify within the scope of this volume a great number of facts concerning love in mankind in the past ages and in the present time. It has been my aim to elucidate part of the mystery, and to correct certain misapprehensions regarding the manifold phenomena of the love passion. To this end I have dealt with those phases of love and serious problems of sexual relationship which directly and indirectly concern every one of us and our posterity. The prudent in all the stages of culture have recognised that social and moral advancement and individual well-being depend upon patient and persistent investigation of human in stincts, emotions, and beliefs. To dissect every thing, view its own nature, and divide it into matter and form, was the rule laid down by Marcus Aurelius as the best provision for happiness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Rather than see love as a natural form of affection, Love As Human Freedom sees love as a practice that changes over time through which new social realities are brought into being. Love brings about, and helps us to explain, immense social-historical shifts—from the rise of feminism and the emergence of bourgeois family life, to the struggles for abortion rights and birth control and the erosion of a gender-based division of labor. Drawing on Hegel, Paul A. Kottman argues that love generates and explains expanded possibilities for freely lived lives. Through keen interpretations of the best known philosophical and literary depictions of its topic—including Shakespeare, Plato, Nietzsche, Ovid, Flaubert, and Tolstoy—his book treats love as a fundamental way that we humans make sense of temporal change, especially the inevitability of death and the propagation of life.

Thou Shalt Not Be Horrible. Imagine for a moment what the world might look like if we as people of faith, morality, and conscience actually aspired to this mantra. What if we were fully burdened to create a world that was more loving and equitable than when we arrived? What if we invited one another to share in wide-open, fearless, spiritual communities truly marked by compassion and interdependence? What if we daily challenged ourselves to live a faith that simply made us better humans? John Pavlovitz explores how we can embody this kinder kind of spirituality where we humbly examine our belief system to understand how it might compel us to act in less-than-loving ways toward others. This simple phrase, "Thou Shalt Not Be Horrible," could help us practice what we preach by creating a world where: spiritual community provides a sense of belonging where all people are received as we are; the most important question we ask of a religious belief is not Is it true? but rather, is it helpful? it is morally impossible to pledge complete allegiance to both Jesus and America simultaneously; the way we treat others is the most tangible and meaningful expression of our belief system. In If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk, John Pavlovitz examines the bedrock ideas of our religion: the existence of hell, the utility of prayer, the way we treat LGBTQ people, the value of anger, and other doctrines to help all of us take a good, honest look at how the beliefs we hold can shape our relationships with God and our fellow humans—and to make sure that love has the last, loudest word.

Excerpt from Chapters on Human Love These pages treat upon human love and the union of the sexes in their evolutionary, historic, and physiological aspects. I do not by any means profess that this is a fully comprehensive treatise on this stupendous subject; but I have endeavoured to collate and classify within the scope of this volume a great number of facts concerning love in mankind in the past ages and in the present time. It has been my aim to elucidate part of the mystery, and to correct certain misapprehensions regarding the manifold phenomena of the love passion. To this end I have dealt with those phases of love and serious problems of sexual relationships which directly and indirectly concern every one of us and our posterity. The prudent in all the stages of culture have recognised that social and moral advancement and individual well-being depend upon patient and persistent investigation of human instincts, emotions, and beliefs. "To dissect everything, view its own nature, and divide it into matter and form," was the rule laid down by Marcus Aurelius as the best provision for happiness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.