{"product_id":"beyond-romance-paperback","title":"Beyond Romance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. C. Dillon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond Romance critiques the romantic ideal that predominates contemporary thought and practice--it defines, explores, and advocates authentic love as a preferable alternative. The author claims that you can't genuinely love a person you don't know, and that the quality of love depends on the quality and extent of the knowing. Drawing heavily from the work of Merleau-Ponty, Dillon also takes up the classical treatments of love from Plato to the present, emphasizing Hegel, Freud, Sartre, and Derrida. Dillon argues that much of contemporary erotic malaise is traceable to the flaws in the romantic model, and that authentic love addresses these mistakes and promises relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. C. Dillon\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy at Binghamton University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSemiological Reductionism: A Critique of the Deconstructionist Movement in Postmodern Thought\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eMerleau-Ponty Vivant\u003c\/i\u003e, published by SUNY Press, as well as the author of \u003ci\u003eMerleau-Ponty's Ontology\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eÉcart \u0026amp; DiffeOErance: Merleau-Ponty and Derrida on Seeing and Writing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.98 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723049340991,"sku":"9780791450987","price":59.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/52c90828402ad72182b5c051322319c0.webp?v=1765097838","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/beyond-romance-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}