Love is a Sweet Chain: Desire, Autonomy, and Friendship in Liberal Political Theory

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Psychology 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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INTRODUCTION THE PROBLEM OF LOVE
1
LOCKES REASONABLE SUBJECT
31
JEANJACQUES ROUSSEAU THE TRANSPARENCY OF PATRIARCHY
71
EMERSONS CELESTIAL DEMOCRACY
111
HENRY DAVID THOREAU DEEPER INTO THE WOODS
149
THOMAS HOBBES THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
189
NOTES
223
INDEX
263
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