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The culture of love in China and Europe
Title:
The culture of love in China and Europe

Emotions and states of mind in East Asia,

Emotions and states of mind in East Asia ;
Author:
Santangelo, Paolo, author.
ISBN:
9789004396869
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Physical Description:
x, 827 pages ; illustrations; 25 cm.
Series:
Emotions and states of mind in East Asia, volume 8

Emotions and states of mind in East Asia ; v. 8.
Contents:
Emotions and love : philosophical representation of passions : emotions and human nature in neo-Confucian thought -- Various facets of love in literary sources -- European philosophies of love -- Love in Western literature / Roberto Gigliucci.
Abstract:
"In The Culture of Love in China and Europe Paolo Santangelo, Gábor Boros and Roberto Gigliucci offer a survey of the cults of love developed in the history of ideas and literary production in China and Europe between the 12th and early 19th century. They describe parallel evolutions within the two cultures, and how innovatively these independent civilisations developed their own categories and myths to explain, exalt but also control the emotions of love and their behavioural expressions. The analyses contain rich materials for comparison, point out the universal and specific elements in each culture, and hint at differences and resemblances, without ignoring the peculiar beauty and attractive force of the texts cultivating love"-- Provided by publisher.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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