The Diversity of Love Journal

Knowledge from Research and Practice

The Need to Belong is the Need for Love

Article published on October 30, 2024 by Victor Karandashev

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PDF version People have a vital human need: the need for love. They want to be loved and nurtured. It is. It involves both receiving and giving love. The need to belong is also the need for love. It implies … Continue reading →

Love as Affiliation: Who Crave for It, Who Doesn’t

Article published on October 24, 2024 by Victor Karandashev

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PDF Version Many people, as social animals, experience the need for love as longing for affiliation with others. Why do some men and women experience this need for connection more intensely than others? Why do some crave affiliation in love … Continue reading →

Milk Jug Symbolizes Love among the Turkana People

Article published on October 11, 2024 by Ian Skoggard

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PDF version A milk jug is an object with an evident utilitarian function—consumption. However, the Turkana women cherish the milk jug as an aesthetic object. What is so special about milk and the milk jug? The Multivocality of Symbols Symbols … Continue reading →

Sex and the Sacred in North American Indigenous Art

Article published on October 6, 2024 by Ian Skoggard

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PDF version Anthropologist Charles Lindholm (2006) writes about romantic love as a yearning for the sacred. According to philosopher Irving Singer (1984), romantic love is a combination of various aspects of love, ranging from the libidinal to the ideal. The … Continue reading →