by Aharon Ben-Zeʼev, Ruhama Goussinsky, Aaron Ben-Ze'ev
We yearn to experience the idealized love in so many novels, movies, poems, and popular songs. Ironically, it is the idealization of love that arms it with its destructive power. Popular media consistently remind us that love is all we need, but statistics concerning the rate of depression and suicides after divorce or romantic break up remind us what might happen if "all that we need" is taken away. This book is about our ideals of love, our experiences of love, the actual disparity between the
ISBN: 9780198566496
297 pages
Published: 2008-01-01