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Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

Paperback • 2013 • English

Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

By Eva Illouz

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About the book

Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in Sisyphean internet searches, coming back lonely from bars, parties, or blind dates, feeling bored in a relationship that is so much less than we had envisaged - these are only some of the ways in which the search for love is a difficult and often painful experience. Despite the widespread and...Show more

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ISBN

9780745671079

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

Format

Paperback

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