Ways and power of love

Abstract

For the first time the Russian translation of the work by the outstanding Russian- American sociologist P.A. Sorokin “Ways and power of love” is being published. In the first part of the book the author reflects on various aspects of love (religious, ethical, ontologic, physical, biological, psychological, social); describes its various dimensions (types), e.g. eros, agape; its anthropological meanings and consequences; the ways of production, accumulation and distribution.