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Against Love: A Polemic

Laura Kipnis

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9780375719325
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2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2004-09-14
Release Date:
2004-09-14
Author:
Laura Kipnis
Language:
english
Edition:
Reprint
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Who would dream of being against love? No one.

Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and all-controlling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life decisions.

But is there something a bit worrisome about all this uniformity of opinion? Is this the one subject about which no disagreement will be entertained, about which one truth alone is permissible? Consider that the most powerful organized religions produce the occasional heretic; every ideology has its apostates; even sacred cows find their butchers. Except for love.

Hence the necessity for a polemic against it. A polemic is designed to be the prose equivalent of a small explosive device placed under your E-Z-Boy lounger. It wont injure you (well not severely); its just supposed to shake things up and rattle a few convictions.