All we need is love
Dr Susie Orbach, Prof Armand D'Angour, Dr Vittoria Fallanca, Prof Mary Harrod & Prof Catherine Wheatley discuss the complicated path of romantic love and why we yearn for it.
From classical thinking to the romcom films in cinema today: Why do we yearn to find our "other half" but struggle with the reality of long term relationships? Shahidha Bari is joined by:
Dr Susie Orbach: a psychotherapist and author of Fat is a Feminist Issue as well as many other books
Classicist Prof Armand D'Angour: he has just published a book about Plato's thinking on love - How to Talk about Love: An Ancient Guide for Modern Lovers
Dr Vittoria Fallanca: she has new research on the opposite figure to Eros - Anteros - the god of requited love, and the avenger of unrequited love and his place in the history of philosophy
Catherine Wheatley: She is Professor of Film and Visual Culture at Kings College London
Mary Harrod: She is Professor of French and Screen Studies at the University of Warwick.
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
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