Philosophy of Love in the Past Present and Future

<p>This volume features original essays on the philosophy of love. The essays are organized thematically around the past present and future of philosophical thinking about love.</p><p>In Part I the contributors explore what we can learn from the history of philosophical thinking about love. The chapters cover Ancient Greek thinkers namely Plato and Aristotle as well as Kierkegaard’s critique of preferential love and Erich Fromm’s mystic interpretation of sexual relations. Part II covers current conceptions and practices of love. These chapters explore how love changes over time the process of falling in love the erotic dimension of romantic love and a new interpretation of grand-parental love. Finally Part III looks at the future of love. These chapters address technological developments related to love such as algorithm-driven dating apps and robotic companions as well as the potential of polyamory as a future romantic ideal.</p><p>This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in moral philosophy and social and political philosophy who are working on issues related to the philosophy of love.</p>