Overview
- Comprehensive coverage of classical and contemporary theories
- Examines love through the lens of interpersonal attraction
- Offers an international perspective
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About this book
Joining other publications on love by this author, the current volume examines the great varieties of love as interpersonal attraction. Drawing on classical and recent studies from global perspectives, it explores the components, dimensions, and contexts of interpersonal attraction. Its comprehensive coverage includes biological, physical, psychological, social, and cultural perspectives to give a full scientific picture of love as attraction in animals and humans. This book is relevant to professionals and researchers who seek an in-depth knowledge of love and interpersonal attraction, the key aspects of studies in a range of scientific areas.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Victor Karandashev is Professor of Psychology at Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a scholar with extensive international and cross-cultural experience and interests. He has conducted research on international psychology in several European countries, including universities in Germany, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. He was a visiting professor and a Fulbright Scholar in the USA. He has presented his work related to international and cross-cultural psychology at many conferences. He co-edited three volumes of Teaching Psychology around the World (2007, 2009, 2012). His major area of research interests is the studies of love and culture, a topic about which he has published several articles, chapters, and monographs. His recent books Romantic Love in Cultural Contexts (2017), Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Experience and Expression of Love (2019), Cultural Models of Emotions (2021), and Cultural Typologies of Love (2022) are among the most distinguished interdisciplinary contributions to the field.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Varieties of Love as Interpersonal Attraction
Authors: Victor Karandashev
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63577-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-63576-2Published: 23 July 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-63579-3Due: 06 August 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-63577-9Published: 22 July 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 320
Topics: Psychology, general, Personality and Social Psychology