Love is a Sweet Chain: Desire, Autonomy, and Friendship in Liberal Political TheoryPsychology Press, 2001 - 272 pages Notions of love intersect with ideas on personal liberty, obligation, individuality, self, and difference in this study. James Martel contends that theorists' inattention to the subject has impoverished our explorations of political discourse. |
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