Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

Neues Buch der preisgekr?nten Soziologin Eva Illouez ?ber die moderne Liebe, das der Frage nachgeht, warum Liebe so schmerzhaft, die Suche nach Liebe so beschwerlich und Liebe oft so entt?uschend ist, und als Antwort ein radikal neues Beziehungsmodell postuliert.


About the Author
Eva Illouz is Rose Isaac Chair of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the Center for the Study of Rationality. Her previous books include Cold Intimacies: The Making of Emotional Capitalism and Consuming the Romantic Utopia: Love and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism. Her book Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery won the American Sociological Association, Culture Section Best Book Award, in 2005.