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Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation QUOTES

Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation QUOTES

1 " Heterosexual romantic love contains the two most important cultural revolutions of the twentieth century: the individualization of lifestyles and the intensification of emotional life projects; and the economization of social relationships, the pervasiveness of economic models to shape the self and its very emotions. "

― Eva Illouz , Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

2 " Never really either private or public, the modern self establishes its value through processes that are at once psychological and sociological, private and
public, emotional and ritualistic. Clearly, then, in modern erotic/romantic relationships what is at stake are the self, its emotions, interiority, and, mostly, the way these are recognized (or fail to be recognized) by others. "

― Eva Illouz , Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

3 " Lo que hace del amor una forma de locura es que no guarda ninguna conexión con lo real. "

― Eva Illouz , Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

4 " El amor apasionado implica dolor y ese dolor no nos debe atormentar. En palabras de Franzen, “el dolor duele pero no mata. Si uno considera la alternativa —un sueño anestesiado de autosuficiencia que la tecnología ampara—, el dolor surge como producto e indicador natural del estar vivo en un mundo que resiste. Vivir una vida entera sin dolor es no haber vivido”. "

― Eva Illouz , Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

5 " Love is more than a cultural ideal; it is a social foundation for the self. Yet, the cultural resources that make it constitutive of the self have been depleted. "

― Eva Illouz , Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation