'Falling in love with love is falling with make believe': ideologies of romance in post-Enlightenment culture
Evans, M.
(1998).
'Falling in love with love is falling with make believe': ideologies of romance in post-Enlightenment culture.
Theory, Culture and Society,
15(3-4), 265-275.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276498015003012
This article suggests that an understanding of love which allowed for a rational discourse about human relationships was proposed at the time of the Enlightenment but was subsequently contested and replaced by an ideology of romantic love. Romantic love, far from emancipating human understanding and behaviour, trapped individuals in a narrow and often negative set of expectations and aspirations.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 1998 Sage |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Gender Studies |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263276498015003012 |
| Date Deposited | 15 Sep 2010 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/29346 |
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