Coming soon: How to Live a Good Life (Vintage 2019, co-edited with Massimo Pigliucci & Dan Kaufman)

Existentialism and Romantic Love (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) investigates the thinking of five existential philosophers (Max Stirner, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir) to uncover fresh insights about what is wrong with our everyday ideas about romantic loving, why reality often falls short of the ideal, sources of frustrations and disappointments, and possibilities for creating authentically meaningful relationships.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction
2 Max Stirner and Loving Egoistically
3 Soren Kierkegaard and Loving Aesthetically
4 Friedrich Nietzsche and Loving Powerfully
5 Jean-Paul Sartre and Loving Sadomasochistically
6 Simone de Beauvoir and Loving Authentically
7 Conclusion

Book Reviews

• Brainpickings: Why Do We Love? by Maria Popova
• ETYKA: The Indiscreet Charm of Romantic Ideals by Przemysław Bursztyka
• David Marx: A menagerie of groovy reads for inspired folk by David Marx
• Psychology Today: Love, Selfishness, and Self-Interest by William Irwin
• Blue Labyrinths: How Should One Love? by Christopher Sanacore
• Journal of Popular Romance Studies: Review by Xenia Hanusiak
• Kirkus
• Amazon
• Goodreads

Book Launch

The book launched on Thursday May 28, 2015 at the New York Public Library – Jefferson Market branch in New York City’s West Village.  Skye was in conversation with YourTango CEO & Founder Andrea Miller and Palgrave Macmillan’s Philosophy Editor, Phil Getz.  Columbia University Bookstore came along to sell books and the event was generously sponsored by:

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