{"product_id":"reimagining-love-philosophy-and-the-heart-of-modern-life-9780228027904","title":"Reimagining Love: Philosophy and the Heart of Modern Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard J. White\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethics \u0026amp; Moral Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn emotion or an action, a kind of madness or a state of well-being, a measurable brain activity or a spiritual phenomenon: What is the truth about love? Richard White explores this elusive concept as a profound path of self-overcoming - a turning away from narcissism, fear, and isolation toward greater openness, receptivity, and compassion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReimagining Love\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds in four movements, through the fear of love as expressed in Stoicism and the modern achievement-oriented self; the awakening of love described by Plato, J.W. von Goethe, Rainer Maria Rilke, and others; the work of love and the cultivation of its virtues; and love as active compassion, a way of engaging with the world attentively, courageously, and non-possessively. White unites theory and practice, arguing that personal love can open outward into universal compassion, echoing the Buddhist ideal of \u003cb\u003ekaru\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eṇ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eā\u003c\/b\u003e - the selfless embrace of another's suffering. Central to this vision is love's spiritual dimension. It is not religious as such, but a source of meaning grounded in our sense of connection to something greater: nature, truth, justice, or the sacred itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with clarity and quiet authority, \u003ci\u003eReimagining Love\u003c\/i\u003e offers a meditation on the ethical and existential significance of love for denizens of a disenchanted world.","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969206468759,"sku":"9780228027904","price":2165.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780228027904.webp?v=1782920861","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/reimagining-love-philosophy-and-the-heart-of-modern-life-9780228027904","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}