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Love in the Dark: Philosophy by Another Name
Diane Enns
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Description for Love in the Dark: Philosophy by Another Name
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HPCF3; HPK; JFSJ1; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Intimate love opens us up to suffering, sacrifice, and loss. Is it always worth the risk? Consulting philosophers, writers, and poets who draw insights from material life, Diane Enns shines a light on the limits of erotic love, exploring its paradoxes through personal and philosophical reflections. Situating experience at the center of her inquiry, Enns conducts philosophy by another name, elaborating the ambiguities and risks of love with visceral clarity. Love in the Dark claims that intimacy must accept risk as long as love does not destroy the self. Erotic love inspires an inexplicable affirmation of another ... Read more
Intimate love opens us up to suffering, sacrifice, and loss. Is it always worth the risk? Consulting philosophers, writers, and poets who draw insights from material life, Diane Enns shines a light on the limits of erotic love, exploring its paradoxes through personal and philosophical reflections. Situating experience at the center of her inquiry, Enns conducts philosophy by another name, elaborating the ambiguities and risks of love with visceral clarity. Love in the Dark claims that intimacy must accept risk as long as love does not destroy the self. Erotic love inspires an inexplicable affirmation of another ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231178969
SKU
V9780231178969
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About Diane Enns
Diane Enns is associate professor of philosophy at McMaster University. She is the author of The Violence of Victimhood (2012) and Speaking of Freedom: Philosophy, Politics, and the Struggle for Liberation (2007) and the coeditor of Thinking About Love: Essays in Contemporary Continental Philosophy (2015).
Reviews for Love in the Dark: Philosophy by Another Name
Diane Enns manages to strike a delicate balance between the intensely personal and the rigorously intellectual. She presents a profound meditation on love and its loss, passion and despair, risking everything and surviving despite everything. These are timeless, all-too-human topics.
Mari Ruti, author of The Call of Character: Living a Life Worth Living Love in the Dark is engaging, ... Read more
Mari Ruti, author of The Call of Character: Living a Life Worth Living Love in the Dark is engaging, ... Read more