Love
Subtitle: a sketch
By: Niklas Luhmann ; edited by André Kieserling ; translated by Kathleen Cross
Contributors: Kieserling, André
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780745647500; 9780745647517
Subjects: Social psychology; Interpersonal communication; Love; Liefde
Work titles: Liebe
Description: Love seems like the most personal experience, one that touches each of us in a unique way that is more personal than social, and hence it is not surprising that it has been largely neglected by sociologists and social theorists. While it has long been a central preoccupation of writers and novelists, love has rarely attracted anything more than the most cursory attention of social scientists ... -- Product Description.
Notes: "First published in German as: Liebe : eine Übung. Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, 2008" -- T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-91) and index.