Against Love

by Laura Kipnis

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Who would dream of being against love? No one.

Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and all-controlling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life decisions.

But is there something a bit worrisome about all this uniformity of opinion? Is this the one subject about which no disagreement will be entertained, about which one truth alone is permissible? Consider that the most powerful organized religions produce the occasional heretic; every ideology has its apostates; even sacred cows find their butchers. Except for love.

Hence the necessity for a polemic against it. A polemic is designed to be the prose equivalent of a small explosive device placed under your E-Z-Boy lounger. It won’t injure you (well not severely); it’s just supposed to shake things up and rattle a few convictions.
  • ISBN10 1299028578
  • ISBN13 9781299028579
  • Publish Date 1 January 2009 (first published 26 August 2003)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 25 February 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Vintage
  • Format eBook
  • Language English