{"product_id":"a-vindication-of-love-paperback","title":"A Vindication of Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Nehring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fierce and lively book. . . .This is one of those rare books that could make people think about their intimate lives in a new way.\" -- New York Times Book Review \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rousing defense of imprudent ardor and romantic excess. . . . It's difficult to deny that [Nehring] is on to something.\" -- Wall Street Journal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thinking person's \"guide\" that makes the case for love in an age both cynical about and fearful of strong passion. Bold and challenging, A Vindication of Love has inspired praise and controversy, and brilliantly reinvigorated the romance debate. A perfect choice for readers of Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life and Pierre Bayard's How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age of emotional correctness and the cult of safety, what have we lost by trying to make love bland?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Provocative Philosophy of Love: \u003c\/b\u003e This is no gentle guide. Nehring argues for reclaiming love as a \"high-risk adventure\"--a force that is ecstatic and dangerous, transcendent and even demonic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Unflinching Cultural Critique: \u003c\/b\u003e A direct challenge to the modern \"cult of safe love\" and an examination of how feminism developed an anti-romantic bias that discredits strong passion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLove as Transgression and Heroism: \u003c\/b\u003e Drawing on centuries of art and thought, this book explores the vital roles that inequality, transgression, absence, and even failure play in the greatest love stories.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLiterary and Historical Depth: \u003c\/b\u003e A brilliant tour through the lives and minds of figures like Plato, Mary Wollstonecraft, Dante, and Simone de Beauvoir to build a powerful new case for romantic excess.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the twenty-first century, political correctness, cynicism, prag-matism, and the commodification of sex have reduced romantic love to a discredited myth or a recreational sport--a cause for embarrassment, says Cristina Nehring. In \u003cem\u003eA Vindication of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, Nehring wrests romantic love from the clutches of retrograde feminists and cutting-edge capitalists, thrill-seeking convenience shoppers and safe-sex moralists. With help from lovers ranging from Heloise and Abelard to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Nehring celebrates the wild, irreverent, and uncompromising models of love we have inherited--as she rediscovers romantic love's fearless and heroic provenance, and challenges readers to demand partnerships that fully engage body, heart, and mind. \u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the twenty-first century, political correctness, cynicism, prag-matism, and the commodification of sex have reduced romantic love to a discredited myth or a recreational sport--\"a cause for embarrassment,\" says Cristina Nehring. In \u003cem\u003eA Vindication of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, Nehring wrests romantic love from the clutches of retrograde feminists and cutting-edge capitalists, thrill-seeking convenience shoppers and safe-sex moralists. With help from lovers ranging from Heloise and Abelard to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Nehring celebrates the wild, irreverent, and uncompromising models of love we have inherited--as she rediscovers romantic love's fearless and heroic provenance, and challenges readers to demand partnerships that fully engage body, heart, and mind. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.06 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43778265645119,"sku":"9780060765040","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/a-vindication-of-love-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}