02104nam 2200493 450 991046573240332120200520144314.01-62273-163-8(CKB)3710000000648933(EBL)4647860(MiAaPQ)EBC4647860(PPN)198687869(Au-PeEL)EBL4647860(CaPaEBR)ebr11247966(OCoLC)957128272(EXLCZ)99371000000064893320160827h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSociology of love the agapic dimension of societal life /Gennaro Iorio[Wilmington, Delaware] :Vernon Press,2015.©20151 online resource (102 p.)Vernon Series in SociologyIncludes index.1-62273-014-3 Chapter 1 What is agape; Chapter 2 What Agape is not; Chapter 3 Love in the sociological tradition; Chapter 4 The agape: the micro and the macro.; Chapter 5 Case Studies; Chapter 6 Epilogue; IndexThis short book deals with a sociological concept: love-agape. It is an attempt to demonstrate that love-agape resists, indeed insists, as a fact that cannot be reduced or concealed. Its simple goal is to introduce agape into the vocabulary of sociological analysis by demonstrating its potential to demarcate and to interpret social phenomena. Love-agape is presented as a critical concept. On the one hand, love-agape denounces the risks linked to the needs of closed groups, often absolutist and fundamentalist. On the other hand, it represents a concrete reality, lying at the root of a particulVernon Series in SociologyAgapeElectronic books.Agape.241.4Iorio Gennaro145570MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465732403321Sociology of love1478362UNINA