Overview
- This book provides a comprehensive analysis of love in human life: romantic love, divorce, and the skewed versions of love, love in education, work, and various phases of life, and in relation to other phenomena, such as friendship, play, and creativity.
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What do we actually talk about when we talk about love? Research on love and emotions has been met with suspicion although people live in a network of relationships from birth to death, and the ability to build and maintain relationships is an important strength. This book provides a comprehensive research-based analysis of love in human life: romantic love and its ups and downs, and the fascination of love, the combination of work and family, the secrets of a long-lasting marriage, senior love, and the throes and relief of a divorce. Love is also discussed in relation to other phenomena, such as friendship, play, and creativity. In addition, themes of parental love and pedagogical love, and the ability to love, as well as dark sides of love are introduced.
Love is worth cherishing and practicing. Other people’s experiences may be helpful, and information about the nature of love can relieve the pain. Thus, love, in its various forms, makes the best health insurance!
This book is meant for everyone interested in love but also for professionals in various fields, such as psychologists, educators, and couple and family counselors. The book is based on authors Prof. Kaarina Määttä’s and Dr. Satu Uusiautti’s extensive research on love at the University of Lapland, Finland.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Love along the Course of Life
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Love and Education
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Love in Relation to other Phenomena
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Skewed and Crumbled Love
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Many Faces of Love
Editors: Kaarina Määttä, Satu Uusiautti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-206-8
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-206-8Published: 19 April 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 234
Topics: Education, general