The Radicalism of Romantic Love

This book interrogates the purported radicalism of Romantic love from philosophical, cultural and psychoanalytic perspectives, exploring whether it is a subversive force capable of breaking down entrenched norms and structures, or whether it is in fact a highly conservative impulse. With attention to matters of gender, sexuality, class and ethnicity, the authors examine a range of questions, including the role of love in the same-sex marriage debate, the phenomenon of marriage migration and love as a political force. This will appeal to scholars across the social sciences and humanities with interests in emotions and love as a social and political phenomenon.