Love as meaning: towards a sociology of individualization - outline of an analysis of affective relationships in contemporaneity

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https://doi.org/10.21669/tomo.vi41.17444

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love, culture, individuality, contemporaneity

Abstract

An analytical proposal of erotic love from sociology is presented, relating it to ways and discourses of self-production in current times. This proposal integrates my present research that aims to analyze, in its cultural and symbolic dimension, the processes of contemporary individualization. Establishing a connection with previous works, love emerges as an important element of self-recognition and validation, being analyzed as a specific way to assign meaning, both to experiences and gestures; relationships and feelings, culminating in a reiterative sense of the individuality of lovers. It is understood that there is a reciprocal relationship between individualistic culture and contemporary loving ideals which extrapolates the subjectivism associated with these themes, thus constituting a relevant object of sociological research.

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Túlio Cunha Rossi, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences at the Federal University of Uberlândia. PhD in Sociology with distinction and honors from the University of São Paulo - USP.

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2022-07-12

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Rossi, T. C. (2022). Love as meaning: towards a sociology of individualization - outline of an analysis of affective relationships in contemporaneity. TOMO Review, (41), 61–86. https://doi.org/10.21669/tomo.vi41.17444

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No. 41 (2022): July/December

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