POSSIBLE LOVES?

CRITICAL-THEORY REFLECTIONS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59099/prpub.2023.30

Keywords:

Love; Critical Theory of Society; Social relationships; Gender asymmetries

Abstract

This essay discusses romantic relationships from the perspective of the Critical Theory of Society. Starting from the Freudian critique of the promise of happiness embedded in a certain idea of love, and from the romantic association between the feeling of love and political passions, I discuss the mutual implications of the theme in the public and private spheres. I seek to reflect on the contradictions embedded in the bourgeois view of love and the problems of its idealization, considering that love relationships are articulated to the form of social relationships and their asymmetries. Then, I focus on issues such as the spontaneity of love, the idea of family, the depreciation of sex and the subordination of women. Finally, in the context of a damaged life, I discuss how much love is shown possible as an exercise of resistance in the face of power asymmetries that persist as an obstacle to the condition of non-violence in social relations.

Author Biography

Luciana Dadico, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT)

Professora Adjunta no curso de Psicologia da UFMT, e professora de pós-graduação nos programas de Estudos de Cultura Contemporânea (ECCO) e de Psicologia da (PPGPsi) da UFMT. É mestre e doutora em Psicologia, graduada em Psicologia e Filosofia, e realizou estágios de pós-doutorado em Teoria Crítica da Sociedade, na Universidade da Califónia em Berkeley, em Psicologia e em Estudos Culturais, ambos na USP. Coordena o Laboratório de Pesquisa em Interseccionalidades das Relações Sociais (LaPIR).

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2023-07-14

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Dadico, L. (2023). POSSIBLE LOVES? CRITICAL-THEORY REFLECTIONS. PLURAL - Journal of Psychology UNESP Bauru, 2, e023004. https://doi.org/10.59099/prpub.2023.30

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