Mary Shelley’s ‘Romantic Spinozism’

Botting, Eileen Hunt

doi:10.1080/01916599.2019.1664802

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“…There is extensive scientific literature that demonstrates the universal and cross-cultural characteristic of what is now known as romantic love (Bode & Kushnick, 2021;Fletcher et al, 2015;Hatfield et al, 2012). This is confirmed by many scientific articles that show evidence of its existence in different epochs and cultures: the Tang Dynasty in China, from 618 to 907 (Daniel, 2009); the Joseon Dynasty in Korea, which lasted approximately from 1392 to 1897 (Seongsook, 2022); the Middle Ages, dating approximately from the 5th century to the Renaissance (Burge, 2018); the Romantic period, from around the late 18th and early 19th centuries (Barclay, 2020;Botting, 2019); among black enslaved communities in Southern USA during the 19th century (Reader, 2023); or in Central America throughout the 21st century (Martínez-Alpízar, 2022).…”

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The Characteristics versus the “Myths” of Romantic Love

Cañaveras,

Lopez de Aguileta,

Guo

et al. 2024

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The scientific literature has already demonstrated the benefits of romantic love as a key protective factor in the prevention of violence. Some recent publications affirm that romantic love is a powerful cause of gender violence following two steps. First, they attribute a list of causes of violence to romantic love calling them “the myths of romantic love”, including lack of freedom and the normalization of coercion. Nonetheless, research has not explored in depth yet whether what they call “romantic love myths” are consubstantial characteristics of romantic love or not. To that end, this study conducts a historical literature review of scientific articles, books, literary and musical works from diverse cultures and periods. Findings show those myths are not characteristics of romantic love; on the contrary, the literature reviewed shows six main characteristics of romantic love that demonstrate it is the opposite of those myths, as it has freed women from feudal and other subjugations throughout history.

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