Opis: Love and the Idea of Europe - Luisa Passerini, Anthony Waine, L Passerini

It has often been assumed that Europeans invented and had the exclusive monopoly over courtly and romantic love, commonly considered to be the highest form of relations between men and women. This view was particularly prevalent between 1770 and the mid-twentieth century, but was challenged in the 1960s when romantic love came to be seen as a universal sentiment that can be found in all cultures in the world. However, there remains the historical problem that the Europeans used this concept of love as a fundamental part of their self-image over a long period (traces of it still remain) and it became very much caught up in the concept of marriage. This book challenges the underlying Eurocentrism of this notion while exploring in a more general sense the connection between identity and emotions. "The stories [as told by the author] are extremely interesting and illuminating, covering a quite extraordinary range of material (the scholarly work here alone is quite outstanding) from opera to publishing history to letters to film and fiction as well as archives - There are lots of interesting reflections on, for example, Orientalism and Islam, as well as politics, which provide food for thought in today's world - The volume is very well written and extremely clear, and the footnotes are often as important as the main text." * John Foot, University College LondonList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Forms of Love and Limits of Europeanness: Intentions and Assumptions PART I: MALE PORTRAITS Chapter 1. 'Free Love and Fraternity between the Federated Peoples of Europe': Giorgio Quartara, Supporter of European Integration and Feminism Chapter 2. 'Love Becomes Entangled with Civilisation': Leo Ferrero, a Young European PART II: EUROPE'S ROOTS IN LOVE Chapter 3. Mediterranean Love Chapter 4. The Heart of Europe: Love in the Western World by Denis de Rougemont PART III: CONNECTING JEWISHNESS, EUROPEANNESS AND LOVE Chapter 5. 'Between Two Worlds': Ansky's Dybbuk in France and Italy Chapter 6. 'Notre Mere l'Europe': Giorgina Levi and Heinz Arian Primary Sources and Archives References Index

Szczegóły: Love and the Idea of Europe - Luisa Passerini, Anthony Waine, L Passerini

Tytuł: Love and the Idea of Europe
Autor: Luisa Passerini, Anthony Waine, L Passerini
Producent: Berghahn Books Ltd.
ISBN: 9781845455224
Rok produkcji: 2009
Ilość stron: 382
Oprawa: Twarda

Recenzje: Love and the Idea of Europe - Luisa Passerini, Anthony Waine, L Passerini