tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3989221994917291552..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Fission for Love in All the Wrong PlacesGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86712020676488671532016-12-02T12:53:17.904-08:002016-12-02T12:53:17.904-08:00JP - yes, exactly.JP - yes, exactly.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9070206553378075112016-12-02T12:52:37.514-08:002016-12-02T12:52:37.514-08:00One of the central themes of Extravagant Expectati...<i>One of the central themes of Extravagant Expectations -- it's in the title -- is that the lurch into secular individualism has placed a tremendous strain on marriage.</i><br /><br />Yes, absolutely. I was at a very secular wedding recently; in the midst of encomiums about eternal love for one another in the absence of any reason to believe in eternity, the (female) minister took a break to bring up the emergency bottle of wine - sort of a "break this in case of impending divorce" gift. Because naturally, when inevitably the person you married turns out not to be divine, you should skip the whole "for better, for worse" bit and just move along until you find your bliss. Instead of vows to stick together (which hardly anyone expects to have to abide by, anyway), they promise to talk things over and try to remember why they liked each other and if that doesn't work, well, at least there's wine.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29231022355807933382016-12-02T10:00:08.497-08:002016-12-02T10:00:08.497-08:00"However, while "the release of the indi..."However, while "the release of the individual from traditional ties of class, religion, and kinship" has liberated us, this freedom "is accompanied not by the sense of creative release, but by the sense of disenchantment and alienation" (Lisbet, ibid.)."<br /><br />I've always thought of this as being like Wile-E Coyete running off the edge of a cliff.<br /><br />It's all fun and games until you realize that you are no longer standing on the ground.<br /><br />JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.com