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Love

What exactly is love? What are its biological underpinnings, and how have cultural definitions of that word, so heavily endowed with meaning, evolved? Beginning with the Sumerians and other ancient civilizations, this program seeks to understand love’s social rituals and its interrelated physiological imperatives. Topics under consideration by anthropologist Helen Fisher of Rutgers University, psychoanalyst Malek Chebel, biologist Robert Francoeur, and author Morton Hunt include pair bonding; platonic, courtly, and romantic models of love; homosexuality; inhibitions vs. promiscuity; and behaviors such as flirting. Some content may be objectionable. (53 minutes)

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Item#: BVL10338
Copyright date: ©1998
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-1521-4
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-0619-3

Part of the Series : First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage . . . | Behold Humanity! A Sociological Perspective


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