Can romantic love end? Does love remain a constant in our societies? Technological innovations and radical cultural changes suggest that a contemporary global revolution is occurring and love, as well as war and the climate, is at the heart of these changes. The main question now is to discover how these changes produce new and radical ways of constructing intimacy.
In the 16th episode of the Arqus Knowledge Pills, we explore the topic of romantic love together with Victor de Munck, Professor of Sociocultural, Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Vilnius University. Victor addresses the question “Is love outdated?” and gives us an overview of how the traditional model of monogamous romantic love has been challenged by contemporary lifestyles. Is love a constraint to our freedom? Could polyamory be the modern-day solution?
Find out what cutting-edge research says in the 16th episode of the Arqus Knowledge Pills.
Arqus Knowledge Pills / By Arqus European University Alliance / #16: Is love outdated? / Mar 10, 2023