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Description
Charting the progress of an affair, from first kiss to argument and reconciliation, from intimacy and tenderness to anxiety, this is a wholly modern attempt to define the age-old dilemmas of the heart by detailing the highs and lows of contemporary romance.
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First Sentence
The longing for a destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life.
Table of Contents
1. Romantic Fatalism
2. Idealization
3. The Subtext of Seduction
4. Authenticity
5. Mind and Body
6. Marxism
7. False Notes
8. Love or Liberalism
9. Beauty
10. Speaking Love
11. What do you see in her?
12. Scepticism and Faith
13. Intimacy
14. 'I'- Confirmation
15. Intermittences of the Heart
16. The Fear of Happiness
17. Contractions
18. Romantic Terrorism
19. Beyond Good and Evil
20. Psycho-Fatalism
21. Suicide
22. The Jesus Complex
23. Ellipsis
24. Love Lessons
Authors & Contributors
- Alain De Botton (Author)
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