Not my usual cup of tea, but I picked this up for a small reading group. If your interest in the topic pertains strictly to heterosexual, upper-middle-class women, have at it. Otherwise, this talk about modern "love" might seem a little empty.
I'm still unsure of Illouz's point. Having little knowledge of the history of psychology, I enjoyed the explanation about how therapeutic discourse has become so prominent in (Western) society and culture, and how it affects personal relationships. While Illouz does claim to present a descriptive an...
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