"Primitive Love and Love-Stories" by Henry T. Finck is a detailed analysis of love through the lens of anthropology and evolution, especially focusing on "primitive" societies, arguing that modern romantic love is a relatively new development, not a timeless human universal. The book begins by introducing the idea that love is more of a constructed idea, evolving hand-in-hand with civilization and history, directly responding to criticism that it lacks universally. Finck sets the stage for an in-depth look at love, noting how romantic love, though prized today, is lessened or missing in less developed cultures. The opening chapters emphasize a commitment to an even-handed study, using many anthropological resources and showing love's complex nature and how it is molded by societal norms and the process of evolution.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories
By Henry T. Finck
Explore the evolution of amore as this late 19th-century analysis peers into the cultural norms of "primitive" societies to suggest that romantic love is a modern invention.
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About the AuthorHenry Theophilus Finck was an American music critic and author. Among "the most prolific and influential critics of his day", he was chief classical music critic of both the New York Evening Post and The Nation from 1881 to 1924. He championed Romantic music, promoting composers such as Liszt, Wagner, Grieg and MacDowell. Along with his contemporaries Richard Aldrich, W.J. Henderson, James Huneker and Henry Edward Krehbiel, Finck is considered part of the 'Old Guard', a group of leading New York–based music critics who first established a uniquely American school of criticism.
Henry Theophilus Finck was an American music critic and author. Among "the most prolific and influential critics of his day", he was chief classical music critic of both the New York Evening Post and The Nation from 1881 to 1924. He championed Romantic music, promoting composers such as Liszt, Wagner, Grieg and MacDowell. Along with his contemporaries Richard Aldrich, W.J. Henderson, James Huneker and Henry Edward Krehbiel, Finck is considered part of the 'Old Guard', a group of leading New York–based music critics who first established a uniquely American school of criticism.
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