Passionate Love Research Articles

Maimonides and Spinoza on perfection in knowing and affect

This article develops the ideas of perfection and education in Spinoza and Maimonides. Both thinkers identify human perfection with intellectual knowledge and a transformation in affect. They accordingly envision education in terms of enhancing cognition and shaping the desire to know. The first steps are a critical evaluation of imagination and the development of the mind’s rational, inferential powers. These steps stabilize and strengthen our positive affects, and they arouse a desire for what Spinoza calls the third kind of knowing and Maimonides calls intellectual apprehension. Individuals achieve this highest perfection by degrees, if at all. Spinoza argues that the more the body can undergo, the more we know, the more active and hence the more perfect we are, and the more joy, love, and satisfaction we experience. Spinoza calls the third kind of knowing both scientia intuitiva and amor dei intellectualis. Maimonides’s perfect human being experiences an intellectual apprehension of the existence of God and receives flashes of insight concerning aporetic metaphysical questions. Although Spinoza’s amor dei intellectualis transforms the knower’s way of living, it is not explicitly political. Maimonides’ model of the perfect human is Moses, whose intellectual apprehension brings about a passionate love for God and eventuates in prophecy, which Maimonides theorizes as the overflow of intellectual attainment through imagination. Moses is the most perfect prophet, the one who founds and organizes a community.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire: Deconstruction of Female Identity

Abstract: Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a drama film directed by Cline Sciamma and starring Adle Haenel and Nomie Merlant. The film centers on the passionate love story between Heloise, a bride on the brink of marriage, and Marianne, the painter commissioned to create her portrait. This paper analyses the construction and deconstruction of female identity in Portrait of a Lady on Fire through the lenses of gaze theory and feminist identity theory. It begins by exploring Heloise's resistance to the objectifying male gaze, illustrated through her defiance against the passive model identity and her challenge to the myth of Orpheus, which traditionally casts women in powerlessness and rescue role. The paper then delves into the film's critique of the roles of wife and mother within the patriarchal, heteronormative family structure, drawing on Simone de Beauvoir's ideas in The Second Sex to further contextualize the film's feminist discourse. Through these analyses, the paper reveals how the film reimagines and challenges traditional female identities, offering a detailed and subtle portrayal of women's autonomy and identity.

Mind wandering about the beloved: self-reported distraction, task performance, and enjoyment.

Romantic love is associated with mind wandering about the beloved. We tested associations between mind wandering about the beloved and infatuation, attachment, self-reported distraction, task performance, and enjoyment. Participants who were in love completed self-report measures and a sustained attention response task with thought probes. Participants reported thinking about their beloved for 67% of the time in general and up to 42% of the time during task performance. Thinking about the beloved in general was positively associated with infatuation (passionate love) but not with attachment (companionate love). The more time participants reported thinking about their beloved in general, the more distracting they found it and the less they could withhold a response to no go stimuli. The more participants thought about their beloved during the task, the slower their responses to go stimuli were. In contrast to the negative terminology typically used to describe frequent thoughts about the beloved, such as intrusive or obsessive thinking, participants overwhelmingly enjoyed thinking about their beloved. The findings suggest that romantic love impairs cognitive task performance because people are thinking about their beloved instead, which may negatively impact performance at school and work. Nevertheless, people seem to greatly enjoy thinking about their beloved.

ARTISTIC AXIOLOGY OF THE IMAGE OF THE «NEW KAZAKH WOMAN» IN ABAY’S POETRY

The main leitmotif of this study is the artistic existence of the "new kazakh woman” in the creative context of Abai, their features and axiological character, which have their own gender consciousness. In addition, the content and semantic meaning of the category “value” is analyzed in revealing the axiological facets of Kazakh women, embodied by the poet. The author draws attention to the spiritual world of the kazakh woman and the ontological aspect of female consciousness, which first appears in Abai’s discourse, beyond the stereotypes and cultural clichés of women that once existed in kazakh literature. For centuries, beauty, grace, and external portraiture have been glorified as a way of conveying individuality, personal facets of a kazakh woman and mental phenomena in her spiritual world. Also in the national literature, the emancipatory point of view of Abai, who was the first to sing of women's liberation and women's happiness, is considered. In the literary, cultural, historical context, the asocial realities of kazakh women and their “changed” behavioral strategies are considered, which violate the generally accepted standards of traditional society in Abai’s poetry and introduce new views, new values. It also formulates the artistic world of female characters who openly express love passions and intimate desires in Abai’s works, and a poetic position illustrating feminist traits in accordance with the female worldview. The “new kazakh woman” created by Abai boldly challenges the established conventions of patriarchal society, protesting against the stereotypical views imposed on him (everyday, family, life). Realizing the meaning of her life, her “I,” she manifests herself in the image of the desire to act, to live as she wants for herself. The purpose of the study was also to determine the women's problem in Abai's work, which was previously considered in various aspects, the evolution of their social, psychological, aesthetic and artistic image and the novelty of the poet in interpreting the female theme. Therefore, the article consistently differentiates a new image of the Kazakh woman, who in the previous literary discourse has transformed from a spiritually weak, passive personality into a versatile, mature, active personality.

The authenticity advantage: How influencer authenticity management strategies shape digital engagement with sponsored videos

Platforms, marketers, and video influencers aim to increase user engagement with sponsored videos. Whereas some video influencers effectively incorporate commercial content into their videos and drive digital engagement, others do not. What makes some sponsored videos more effective than others? Drawing upon the literature on authenticity and persuasion knowledge, this study identifies video influencers’ authenticity management strategies and examines how they interact with influencer characteristics in shaping digital engagement. Specifically, this work examines the role of information disclosure and passion expression in driving digital engagement and investigates the moderating role of influencer competence and influencer–brand fit. Based on 675 sponsored videos from Bilibili, the results reveal that two-sided messages, sponsorship disclosure, brand love passion, and self-identity construction positively drive digital engagement. Furthermore, influencers’ competence enhances the effects of two-sided messages, and sponsorship disclosure on digital engagement and influencer–brand fit decreases the effect of self-identity construction on digital engagement. These findings shed light on how authenticity management strategies shape responses to influencer-sponsored content and deepen the understanding regarding the drivers of digital engagement.

Heartbreak and Wild Possibilities: Sublime Encounters with the Eco-Maternal

In this paper I approach the eco-maternal from two angles: first by exploring the ecological aspects of my own mother’s subjectivity, primarily her passionate love of nature and how it has shaped my own desires and trajectories; and second by exploring the trans-subjectivity of our collective mother, Mother Earth. I begin with a story about a trip I took to Alaska and the enigmatic messages that led me there. I also tell a story of encounters with the sublime, and of disintegration and transformation through jouissance. Along the way, I weave in theories on desire from Lacan, Laplanche, and Bracha Ettinger in an effort to conceptualize eco-maternal subjectivity, and to consider how adopting an eco-maternal mindset might lead to positive outcomes for humanity and the planet.

O‘ZBEK MUMTOZ SHOIRALARI IJODIDA ISHQ MAVZUSI TALQINLARI

Based on life experience, it can be noted that when people fall in love with each other and enter into a sincere relationship, passionate love prevails, gradually it turns into friendly love, and then love grows into respect. No matter how fresh and beautiful the spring is, the blooming of flowers, the twittering of nightingales, the purity of the sky and the transparency of the water cannot last forever. All the beauty of love in nature is not just beauty, but a means of restoring life.

DESAIN ARTISTIK PADA PUISI ”CATULLUS” DALAM BUKU PUISI-PUISI PILIHAN CATULLUS

This research chose Catullus' poetry because it is interesting to study. Coleridge, in his psychological theory of literature, views artistic design as important. Because it will determine the color of literature, the creative process of a work (poetry), and reflect elements of a genius and free spirit. reading Catullus's poems to his lover Lesbia, it is clear that their relationship was tumultuous. His poems range from describing deep, passionate love to seething hatred. Catullus is the main character in the poem and is the author of the poem. This research uses a qualitative approach, namely content analysis as the method. The author uses a literary psychology approach to see the genius of writers in determining the beauty of poetry. This research falls into the realm of literary psychology, where literary psychology discusses more about psychological aspects, which include the psychology of the author or character in a literary work. The analysis technique used is based on qualitative data analysis methods, specifically collecting data through reading and paying special attention to the narrative text in the manuscript, presenting the data systematically and interpreting it based on literary psychological studies from the psychology researcher, namely Coleridge. This research will draw conclusions drawn from the data which will be explained in full.

Love addiction and sexual satisfaction within the attachment perspective: an empirical contribution

ABSTRACT This study aims to test the predictive capacity of the attachment theory in delineating the line between normal and pathological love as well as testing the moderating role of gender in the link between insecure attachment and sexual satisfaction. We administered to a sample of 307 adults the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), the Love Addiction Inventory (LAI), the Passionate Love Scale (PLS), and the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale (NSSS). We found that some subscales of the ASQ predict LAI scores and that the relationship between passionate love and love addiction was positively moderated by insecure styles of attachment (i.e. discomfort for closeness, preoccupation for relationships, and need for approval). In addition, insecure attachment was negatively related to sexual satisfaction. However, moderation analyses evidenced that the relationship between attachment avoidance and low sexual satisfaction was positive only among males. The study confirmed the utility of the attachment perspective in the understanding of the processes underlying romantic relationships. Results also suggest that the quality of attachment style may be a key factor in differentiating normal from pathological love and that the impact of avoidant attachment style on sexual satisfaction may follow different pathways according to gender.

Social Representation of Passionate Love Among Brazilian and French Youngsters

Social Representation of Passionate Love Among Brazilian and French Youngsters

Rejecting Rochester: C. French Richards and the Queer Legacy of Jane Eyre

ABSTRACT In September 1864, The New York Times ran a brief advertisement for a new novel titled John Guilderstring’s Sin, declaring it “an intense and passionate love story, in the ‘Jane Eyre’ style.” By so labelling the novel, this advert presented its author, C. French Richards, as a member of the “Jane Eyre school”: a term coined by Godey’s to describe the host of successful American women authors who rewrote Charlotte Brontë’s iconic plot for a largely conservative antebellum and wartime audience. Richards, however, failed to attract the popular following of her fellow “Jane Eyre” authors, who typically sanitised Brontë’s hedonistic hero and doubled down on the rewards of the marriage plot. Richards distinguishes herself by writing a “Jane Eyre” novel that rejects rather than embraces heteronormative romance. She presents her own Byronic male lead, the titular John Guilderstring, as a corrupt, undesirable choice for her consciously androgynous heroine, Mattie, whose chivalric courtship of women serves as an antidote to his predatory behaviour. By presenting Mattie’s navigation of queer womanhood and toxic masculinity via a rewriting of the widely read Jane Eyre, Richards defies the American “Jane Eyre school’s” stranglehold on Brontë’s text.

Children’s choir in the works of Valentyna Drobiazhina

Relevance of the research topic. Music for children’s choir is represented by a significant layer in the creative heritage of Ukrainian composers. However, children’s choral music has hardly been considered in musicolo-gical research. Among the composers of the Kharkiv region, the choral works of V. Drobiazhina received special recognition. The lack of musicological research on the composer’s work has determined the relevance of this work.
 The purpose of the article is to analyze the peculiarities of the artistic aesthetics and compositional style of V. Drobiazhina’s choral music for children.
 The methodology of the theoretical analysis combines fundamental methods and approaches to modeling a holistic picture of the composer’s children’s choral heritage: genre-stylistic; functional-structural; systemic.
 The results. The first collection “Merry Songs” for junior children’s choir, was published in 1976. Jazz rhythms and harmonies, alternating recitation and singing, consonant intonation characterize this cycle. “In the Forest Workshop” is the most popular one among V. Drobiazhina’s works, and it is performed by many children’s choirs in Ukraine. The choir imitates the sounds of the winter forest and creates a premonition of spring. “Spring” is one of V. Drobiazhina’s last compositions. The artist’s extremely delicate sensual soul, passionate love for Ukraine and its musical culture are fully reflected here.
 The scientific novelty of the research. The genre-stylistic aspect of V. Drobiazhina’s choral music for children, the peculiarities of aesthetics and composer’s style are highlighted in the article for the first time.
 The practical significance of the article lies in the fact that these materials can be used in the courses “Choral Literature” and “History and Theory of Choral Performance”.
 Conclusions. Music for children’s choir is one of the most outstanding pages of V. Drobiazhina’s composi-tional heritage. The uniqueness of V. Drobiazhina’s children’s choral music lies in the combination of the extraordinary richness of the musical material with accessibility both for perception and performance. The composer’s music organically combines Ukrainian national traditions with modern means of expression.

MODEL OF CHEATING IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP

This study aimed to investigate the likelihood of cheating in a romantic relationship using predictive modeling techniques. The researchers collected data from 500 respondents who completed the Hendrick and Hendrick's Theory of Love survey questionnaire. The results indicated that friendship love received the highest mean score, while possessive love received the lowest. Sex, religion, and education are significantly associated with cheating. The researchers utilized the age and types of love as predictors in an empirical analysis of cheating in a romantic relationship. The model demonstrated a good fit and accurately represented the data. Age and altruistic love were significant predictors of cheating, while passionate and friendship love reduced the likelihood of cheating. Altruistic love contributed the most to cheating among the types of love. The findings suggest that individuals who are older and have a stronger inclination towards altruistic love are more likely to cheat in a romantic relationship. Conversely, those with a greater degree of friendship and passionate love are less likely to engage in cheating. These results underscore the importance of understanding the different types of love in predicting infidelity in a romantic relationship.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0718/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

MONUMENT TO T. H. SHEVCHENKO IN IRPIN: TO THE HISTORY OF CREATION

The article is dedicated to the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Irpin by O. Sydoruk and B. Krylov (2017). Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko is a figure who long ago in the history of mankind became a symbol not only of genius, but also of courage, indomitability, extreme sensitivity to human grief and suffering, great love for people. This is perhaps the most respected figure in modern Ukraine and far beyond its borders. The secret of such deep respect for this unusual person who emerged from the depths of the people, his uniqueness lies in the fact that in Shevchenko's works, the soul of the Ukrainian people, passionate love for the native land – the motherland of Ukraine was embodied in a concentrated form. The greatness of Taras Hryhorovych, his importance in the struggle for freedom, for human dignity, for the development of culture, for the education of humanity is vividly highlighted in the memories of many of his contemporaries and in the statements of other prominent cultural figures. It is known that T.G. Shevchenko has the most monuments among the cultural figures of the world. Naturally, a significant part of them is located in Ukraine. The number of local communities wishing to have an image of Taras Hryhorovych is constantly growing even now, especially after Ukraine gained independence. The residents of the city of Irpen in the Kyiv region became such a community, where in August 2017 a monument (sculptural complex) appeared in the central square, in front of the city council building, in honor of the genius of the poet and artist Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to one of the most successful new monuments to Taras Shevchenko in Ukraine. The work of O. Sydoruk and B. Krylov, like all the previous works of the artists, differs from the existing works on this topic by the depth of the idea, originality, skillful execution and in all its characteristics corresponds to the person for whom the monument is being created. The article contains a description of the general concept of the monument, a description and interpretation of all the main details of the composition.

Borderline Kişilik Özellikleri, Aşk Mitleri ve Aşk Biçimleri

Individuals who show borderline personality traits but have not yet experienced these traits at the level of personality disorder patients might still have more destructive relationships compared to others in relation to their attitudes towards love (“passionate love (eros),” “altruistic love (agape)”, “possessive love (mania)”, “game playing love (ludus),” “friendly love (storge)”, “pragmatic love (pragma)”). It is predicted that the destructive relationships that individuals with borderline personality traits establish in line with their attitudes towards love may be related to some love myths (for example, "people who are in love can hurt the ones they love," "love forgives everything"). The purpose of this study was to determine whether romantic love myths play a mediating role in the attitudes toward love held by people who exhibit a high degree of borderline personality traits (BPT). Therefore, 492 participants, 220 males (44.7%) and 272 females (55.3%) aged 18-45 years, living in Istanbul and voluntarily participated in the research, were given the Borderline Personality Scale, Romantic Love Myths Scale, Attitudes Towards Love Scale and a form with personal information created by researchers was submitted. The obtained data were analyzed by applying Pearson Correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. As a result of the findings, it was seen that the relationship between BPT and attitudes towards love was mediated by romantic love myths. The results of the study are important in showing that a change can be achieved in romantic relationship styles by targeting unrealistic beliefs in psychotherapy processes in the field of romantic relationships, which is one of the areas where individuals with borderline personality traits have difficulty.

ROLE OF CULTURE IN THE TRANSLATIONS OF KALIDASA’S ABHIJNANASAKUNTALAMW

There are mainly seven texts attributed to Kalidasa. He composed two Mahakavyas i.e. epics, the Raghuvamsa and the Kumarasambhava; two Khandakavyas i.e. lyrics, the Ritusamhara and the Meghaduta; and three natakas i.e. plays, the Malivikagnimitram, the Vikramorvasiyam, and the Abhijnanasakuntalam. The play Abhijnanasakuntalam has a world-wide appreciation and is universally acclaimed as the best creation of Kalidasa. The seven-act play portrays the passionate love between the king Dusyanta and Shakuntala, the daughter of a celestial nymph, Menaka and sage Viswamitra. The plot of the play is based on the Sakuntalopakhyana of the Adiparva of the epic Mahabharata. In the epic, Dusyanta, during his hunting expedition comes to the hermitage of sage Kanva and has relished the company of Sakuntala. He falls in love with Shakuntala and wants to marry her according to the Gandharva ceremony of marriage. Sakuntala agrees to marry him on the condition that her son would become the heir of the kingdom. They marry and the king leaves for his kingdom. After nine years, Sakuntala and her son Sarvadamana comes to the palace of the king. But the king out of the fear of the people refuses to accept her. In the meantime, a divine voice is heard that Shakuntala is the married wife of Dushyanta and therefore he should accept her.

The Representation of Love in Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost

Abstract This work analyses the way in which the representation of love in the novel Manon Lescaut by Prévost highlights some important aspects that mark the perception of love in the eighteenth century. Following the literary tradition of Classicism, according to which passionate love is a source of evil and even of the protagonists’ death, in Prévost’s novel, the Chevalier Des Grieux’s passionate love arises from the concern of the Age of Enlightenment to emphasize the importance of individual identity, which implies the freedom and courage to decide on one’s own life, the refusal of one’s positioning in an inherited hierarchy, at the top of which there lies the paternal or divine authority. To illustrate this conviction, Prévost builds a love story in which the male character occupies the privileged place, and femininity does not represent strangeness or otherness but an artificial entity, one created from within the male figure to capture his departure from the original, paradisiacal state of moral perfection. Under these circumstances, the construction of the female character becomes a tribute to the literary tradition of the representation of charm and beauty as sources of the extreme degradation of the male character.

Сон как ключевой концепт культурного кода: Сехисмундо и Обломов

The place of sleep in the sacred and profane codes of culture is different. Developing the ideas of Yu.M. Lotman, who called sleep the father of semiotic processes, the researchers point out that the sacred culture, seeking to transform a person’s everyday existence, warns him about the danger of exposing dreams to semiosis. From the point of view of sacred culture, everyday sleep is a lacuna in the semiotic system of the world, the message to which should be deafened, since it can carry destructive meanings. The concept of sleep is considered on the example of the drama “Life is a Dream” by P. Calderon and the novel “Oblomov” by I. Goncharov. These texts are correlated with the “Legend of the Life of Barlaam and Joasaph” by St. John of Damascus and Buddhist views on the relationship of sleep and vigil, since they were reinterpreted in accordance with the Christian cultural code in the creation of St. John of Damascus. John. The concept of “sleep” is correlated with the concepts of “love” and “personality”.The paper defines personality as a unique mythological code, refracted through the prism of which the general influences of the world and the semiotic system of culture are transformed into a unique essence of the “I”. In Buddhism, the dream of everyday life is opposed by awakening-nirvana, erasing love and personality. In Calderon’s drama, overcoming the love passion for Rosaura, the main character moves from the destructive passionate dream of everyday life to the fullness of personal existence, which potentially continues to be thought of as a blessed dream. Love for a woman remains outside the sacred space of the palace-paradise. Oblomov moves away from the business fuss of profane sleep-life into an existential dream, which is a profane double of the state of holiness, with its dispassion and acquisition of a peaceful spirit, losing love for Olga, but the very value of love remains an important part of the Russian sacred code. Oblomov implements the sacred code of Russian culture in the language of mythologems. Unlike Buddhism, the Christian sacred code includes the concepts of “love” and “personality”, contrasting them with sleep as a metaphor for the bustle of life.

Trevor Pinch’s legacy for media studies

It is well known that throughout his long and brilliant career Trevor Pinch was a leading scholar in at least three research fields. In the sociology of scientific knowledge he was one of the most influential contributors, both alone and in collaboration with his mentor Harry Collins (see in particular Collins and Pinch, 1982; and Pinch 1985, 1986). He co-founded and developed the sociology of technology and the field of science and technology studies for which, in 2018, he was awarded the prestigious John Desmond Bernal Prize by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Later in his career, he was a core player in the field of sound studies (see for example Pinch and Bijsterveld (eds), 2003, 2004, 2012), to which he was led by his work on the Moog synthesizer (Pinch and Trocco, 2002) and his passionate love for music. However, the work of Trevor Pinch, and in particular the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) approach that he developed with Wiebe Bijker (Pinch and Bijker, 1984), has also been influential for many other neighbouring research fields to which he contributed only indirectly or episodically. This is the case for organisational studies, for example, or for studies of innovation. It is also the case for media studies. In what follows, as a media scholar, I represent the intellectual debt of my field to the work of Trevor Pinch. To do so, I will first clarify the role played by SCOT in the disciplinary tradition of media studies, in particular in the 1990s and at the beginning of the new century. I will then move my focus to lesser-known works by Trevor Pinch on mediated communication, which he sporadically addressed as part of his broader research interests (related, for example, to the practice of selling). My attempt will be to retrace the tenets of Pinch’s own take on media as they emerge both from these too rare interventions and from the methodological reflection he has dedicated to the topic. In my final remarks, I will draw on the two preceding sections to highlight some other possible points of crosspollination between the current field of media studies and Trevor Pinch’s work, that remain to be explored in depth.

All is fair in love and hypomania

BackgroundMany studies have found increased hypomanic scores in people in love. However, none controlled for the presence of cyclothymic or hyperthymic temperaments. Our primary objective was to test the hypothesis postulating that passionate love is similar to a hypomanic state while controlling for the presence of a susceptible underlying temperament. Our secondary objective was to look for an association between hypomanic symptoms and love intensity as measured by the Passionate Love Scale. MethodsAn online survey including the hypomanic check list-32 (HCL-32) and the passionate love scale (PLS) was administered to university students. ResultsTwo-hundred and eighty-two responses were retained. The mean age of the participants was 21.1 years (SD 2.8) and 62.1% (n=175) were females. 74.6% of participants in love were found to have a positive HCL-32 result as compared to 63.1% of participants who were not in love (p=0.038). The association remained significant and the difference more prominent after excluding people in whom a hyperthymic or cyclothymic temperament was suspected (70.3% vs 45%; p= =0.025). A statistically significant but weak correlation was found between the HCL-32 and PLS scores (Pearson correlation coefficient r=0.239; P=0.005). The latter association was lost after excluding participants in whom a hyperthymic or cyclothymic temperament was suspected. ConclusionsLove seems similar to hypomania, at least phenomenologically. It also seems that hypomanic symptoms are linked to the state of love per se, rather than to its intensity. The positive association between love and hypomania is also discussed from psychiatric, neurobiological, and anthropological perspectives.