Why does love are leaving? Sociology of negative relations. 2nd edition, processed. Illuz E.

Sociological studies of love are usually aimed at studying its essence and social content. At the same time, the question of how we avoid relationships is almost not considered.

In the book "Why does Love go away?" The famous sociologist Eva Illus, a researcher of the sensory-emotional sphere and its transformation during modern technological and communication processes, focuses on precisely such situations when relations end. In her opinion, today in society the concept of love is not based on the free choice and entry into emotional and sexual connection, but shifts towards freedom of exit from relations.

A special place in the study is given the influence of a modern consumption culture on the destruction of social ties. Why is the birth rate reduced? Why do people live more and more often without connecting themselves to marriage? And why does love are leaving?