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Sociology of Love : the Agapic Dimension of Societal Life.

This short book deals with a sociological concept: love-agape. It is an attempt to demonstrate that love-agape resists, indeed insists, as a fact that cannot be reduced or concealed. Its simple goal is to introduce agape into the vocabulary of sociological analysis by demonstrating its potential to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Iorio, Gennaro
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, 2014.
Colección:Vernon series in sociology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This short book deals with a sociological concept: love-agape. It is an attempt to demonstrate that love-agape resists, indeed insists, as a fact that cannot be reduced or concealed. Its simple goal is to introduce agape into the vocabulary of sociological analysis by demonstrating its potential to demarcate and to interpret social phenomena. Love-agape is presented as a critical concept. On the one hand, love-agape denounces the risks linked to the needs of closed groups, often absolutist and fundamentalist. On the other hand, it represents a concrete reality, lying at the root of a particul.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (102 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781622731633
1622731638