Love
Description
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.
Runtime
53 min
Series
Subjects
- Interpersonal relations (422)
- Families (556)
- Interpersonal attraction (54)
- Beauty, Personal (37)
- Couples (40)
- Intimacy (Psychology) (93)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2007], c1998
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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