TY  - BOOK
AU  - James W. Davies
PY  - 2021
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Empire of the Gods
T2  - The Liberation of Eros
N2  - Empire of the Gods makes a major and original contribution to the literature on love. The history of Eros is its attempted liberation into wholeness and individuality. Its modern expression as a flesh-monism requires expansion to include reason and spirit (including Agape), the classical, to include affect and flesh. The illicit character of the Romantic Love of the Twelfth Century (seen as two versions: Utopian and Historical) provides a radical key not only to synthesis but also to surmounting oppressive enculturation, particularly in the marriage institution. Relationship is the synthesizing focus of illicit love, philosophical dialogue and psychotherapy.
KW  - history, reason, spirit, marriage, love
LA  - English
ER  -