FALLING IN LOVE AND LOVING

BY. FRANCESCO ALBERONI

I thought what to write on blog for this week thoroughly. Honestly, I couldn’t come up with any idea, so I just quit thinking and started reading Prof. Applewhite’s new post on his blog. While I was writing a comment on his blog, I could come up with an interesting idea, which was buried in the past. I was talking about the correlation between sub-culture and dominant culture. In fact, I claimed that that correlation exists in any relationship, even though it is an emotional relationship between two people. It reminds me of one book, which I read in the past, called ‘Falling in love and loving’ by Francesco Alberoni. The author hypothesizes the procedure of “falling in love” is beyond sexual sublimation, Psychology, Sociology, or Art. He defined the procedure as a phenomenon between two people. He is a sociologist, who studies “collective movement” like French Revolution. It was absurd at first, for he tries to explain two people falling in love with French Revolution. However, I was inspired by his sociological imagination.

 To be honest, I read this book before I explore ‘Sociology’, so I couldn’t understand a lot of parts. But since I read through it again, I can recognize some sociologists (especially, I think the author was mainly based on Durkheim) and some terms such as sociological imagination. I didn’t read the entire book. I just picked up some interesting parts before. But I realized that I could see as much as I know. I think I might learn what “know” really means. I will read this entire book carefully again. I will really appreciate if somebody shares some thought about this book.

P.s. I have an electronic form of this book. Tell me if somebody is interested in it. J