CRITICAL THEORY OF THE RADICAL LOVE

• Main Authors: Lena de Botton, Esther Oliver
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2009-11-01
• Series: Education in the Knowledge Society
• Subjects: modelos de atracción; pedagogía crítica; violencia de género
• Online Access: http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/revistatesi/article/view/3963

The understanding of the sexual-affective relationships has historically not<br />been tackled by science, but placed in the context of instincts and irrationality. In this<br />sense, the critical theory of the Radical Love provides a contribution to critical pedagogy<br />allowing people to understand the mechanisms that direct their emotions and the<br />process of election in the sexual-affective relationships. It is about understanding who<br />do we fall in love for, why and to which values is this desire linked being able to have a<br />great repercussion in our lives as it provides us with the tools to develop satisfactory<br />sexual-affective relationships. It also offers us guidelines for a preventive education<br />regarding gender violence by enabling us to understand the attraction models in which<br />we have been socialised and which are influencing our desire and elections.