Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation [terms]

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(adjective) producing a beneficial effect; remedial / (adjective) promoting health; curative

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This idea had a tremendous impact on the collective view and treatment of romantic misery, suggesting it is a salutary dimension of the process of maturation

—p.3 Introduction: The Misery of Love (1) by Eva Illouz

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This idea had a tremendous impact on the collective view and treatment of romantic misery, suggesting it is a salutary dimension of the process of maturation

—p.3 Introduction: The Misery of Love (1) by Eva Illouz

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(adjective) having a purpose in and not apart from itself

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But I would also claim that fantasy and imagination have become not only self-generated, but also autotelic, becoming their own (pleasurable) goals

—p.232 From Romantic Fantasy to Disappointment (198) by Eva Illouz

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But I would also claim that fantasy and imagination have become not only self-generated, but also autotelic, becoming their own (pleasurable) goals

—p.232 From Romantic Fantasy to Disappointment (198) by Eva Illouz

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