All we need is love
Dr Susie Orbach, Prof Armand D'Angour, Dr Vittoria Fallanca, Prof Mary Harrod and 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? To discuss Rana Mitter 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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- Fri 14 Feb 202521:00BBC Radio 4



