RE103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jack Goody, Earthly Love, The Main Point
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Re103 lesson 9: did the west invent romanic love? (cid:1) 2 perspectives on western love: jack goody: love and religion: comparative comments , william reddy: the rule of love: the history of western romantic. The main point is simple: the west is guilty of a theft of the notion of romantic love they deny others the experience of love. Because in many contexts even if they are given the same name they are opposed. Love, islam, and the west: love is important in muslim cultures and important for the. Rather, approved sexuality can be seen as doing god"s service: goody suggests that a greater openness with love and sex in the early muslim world had an effect on the west. He argues that the developments in the west during the 12th century, when there was the rise of troubadors in france singing songs of love, could be traced to influence from the islamic world.
