Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745600789
Year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 200


Description:
In this important book Niklas Luhmann - one of the leading social
thinkers of the late 20th century - analyses the emergence of
?love' as the basis of personal relationships in modern
societies. He argues that, while family systems remained intact in
the transition from traditional to modern societies, a semantics
for love developed to accommodate extra-marital relationships; this
semantics was then transferred back into marriage and eventually
transformed marriage itself. Drawing on a diverse range of
historical and literary sources, Luhmann retraces the emergence and
evolution of the special semantics of passionate love that has come
to form the basis of modern forms of intimacy and personal
relationships.


This classic book by Luhmann has been widely recognized as a
work of major importance. It is an outstanding contribution to
social theory and it provides an original and illuminating
perspective on the nature of modern marriage and sexuality.