Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 What Is This Thing Called Love?
2 Love as a Gift of the Gods: The Yearning for Oneness
3 The Human Brain and Love
4 Mother Love and Darwin's Sexual Selection Theory
5 Touching Hearts; Touching Minds
6 Father Love: The Right Hand of the Equation
7 Lovelessness and Lawlessness
8 Love and Physical Health and Illness
9 Mental Health and Illness
10 Self-Love: The Basis for Love of Others
11 Romantic Love: Its Origin and Purpose
12 The Chemistry of Romantic Love
13 Love Styles: How Do You Love Me?
14 Monogamy and Promiscuity
15 Love as Exchange and Barter
16 Ecstasy and Agony: Love and Betrayal
17 Loving by the Numbers
18 Expanding the Circle: The Ethics of Universal Love
References
Index
