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This work explores "inappropriate relationships" across a range of definitions and circumstances. Scholars and researchers in relationship study, interpersonal communication, and sociology should find this work a useful resource for further study and research.
This work explores "inappropriate relationships" across a range of definitions and circumstances. Scholars and researchers in relationship study, interpersonal communication, and sociology should find this work a useful resource for further study and research.
In one of the great euphemisms of our time, an embattled President Clinton admitted to an "inappropriate relationship" with his White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. But what exactly is an "inappropriate relationship?" For that matter, what is an "appropriate relationship?" And h…
"Contributors to the 12 chapters in this book discuss the personal boundaries and taboos of modern relationships. Together they examine the power struggles that can occur when individuals are involved in "inappropriate" relationships, and the ways individuals in such a relations…
"Contributors to the 12 chapters in this book discuss the personal boundaries and taboos of modern relationships. Together they examine the power struggles that can occur when individuals are involved in "inappropriate" relationships, and the ways individuals in such a relations…
This work explores "inappropriate relationships" across a range of definitions and circumstances. Scholars and researchers in relationship study, interpersonal communication, and sociology should find this work a useful resource for further study and research.
Genealogies of Emotions, Intimacies and Desire excavates epistemologies which attempt to explain changes in emotional regimes from medieval society to late modernity. Key in this debate is the concept of intimacy. The book shows that different historical periods are characterize…
This book traces changes in emotional regimes from medieval society to late modernity, in particular exploring the role of intimacy as a driver of emotions. It conducts a systematic study of key conceptual frameworks developed by theorists in understanding the relationship betwe…
In The End of Love, Eva Illouz documents the multifarious ways in which relationships end. While sociology has classically focused on the formation of social bonds, this book makes a powerful case for studying why and how social bonds collapse and dissolve. "Unloving" and non-ch…
Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us; the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs our spine at the mere thought of him…
Introduction: from choice to non-choice -- Premodern courtship, social certainty and the rise of negative relationships -- Confusing sex -- The rise of ontological uncertainty -- A freedom with many limits -- Divorce as a negative relationship -- Conclusion: negative relations a…