Love and Revolution

Critical sociologists have long recognized the intersections between love and revolution. For the most part, however, our understanding of love and its relevance for revolution remains vague. My article seeks to remedy this limitation. It starts by sketching the social and personal contexts of alienation, indicating that in today's capitalist world genuine love is revolutionary in itself. It then specifies what love means, what types of love exist, and what revolutionary love implies in theory and practice. The next section introduces the political cultures of loving revolution concept and applies it to the Indian independence movement led by Gandhi. The conclusion discusses how potential revolutionaries might benefit from my interpretation of love and revolution

Aesthetics · Alienation · Epistemology · Philosophy of love · Political science · Politics · Social revolution · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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