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Love and the Abyss: An Essay on Finitude and Value

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Love and the Abyss: An Essay on Finitude and Value - Ellis, Ralph
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In an ultra competitive culture over concerned with the appearance of invulnerability, people become susceptible to the existential threats that undermine a sense of well being: alienation, powerlessness, relative insignificance, and death. Using traditional pathways to transcendent value experiences, Ralph Ellis explains love's ability to support a sense of intrinsic worth and alleviate existential fears. Students of philosophy and psychology and readers interested in history, romantic love, and cultural critique will ...

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Love and the Abyss: An Essay on Finitude and Value 2004, Open Court, Chicago, IL

ISBN-13: 9780812694574

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