Political economy of love: nurturance gap, disembedded economy and freedom constraints within neoliberal capitalism
This article critically evaluates the forms of love capital being accumulated by people in capitalist economies, through the lens of some of the core general principles of heterodox political economy (HPE). We start by situating love historically in the neoliberal culture and then examine t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Economists' Association of Vojvodina
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Panoeconomicus |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1452-595X/2014/1452-595X1402161H.pdf |
| Summary: | This article critically evaluates the forms of love capital being accumulated
by people in capitalist economies, through the lens of some of the core
general principles of heterodox political economy (HPE). We start by
situating love historically in the neoliberal culture and then examine the
six main love styles as well as the five critical factors through the process
of circular and cumulative causation. We then scrutinise the contradictions
of neoliberal capitalism involving the nurturance gap, disembedded economy
and freedom constraint which inhibit the generation of holistic love capital.
The path dependent nature of love is then linked to relational phases and
instabilities, especially involving serial monogamy in the United States.
Some of the core principles of HPE provide a vantage point for scrutinising
the problems involved in stimulating holistic love capital in the
contemporary environment. |
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| ISSN: | 1452-595X 2217-2386 |