Colours of love: An exploration of the ways of loving

by John Alan Lee

The Colors Of Love

Genres: Love

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Uriel Soto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me parece que la teoría está de cierta forma incompleta, pero creo que conocer el activismo del autor sobre derechos LGBT+ y Derechos Humanos en general complementa y ayuda a entender de dónde viene lo que escribe.

[Renzo Novelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although it feels like an incomplete theory, I really loved the use of the color wheel for describing the different types of love

[isaac · Rating 2 out of 5]

One must imagine Sisyphus self-actualized. Wait, new Viktor Frankl just dropped. One must imagine Sisyphus transcendent. Wait, rational emotive behavioral therapy was never a good idea. One must imagine Sisyphus in following some tantric variation of the catuskoti. Great, now slap the Yoneda lemma with some representable functors and universal properties. Then, throw in some science fiction vocabulary and imagery. You can now compete with Reza Negarestani (no shade to a brother).

Can we get a Borromean knot over here? Lee gave us Manic eros, Manic ludus, Manic storge, Agapic eros, Agapic ludus, Agapic storge, Pragmatic eros, Pragmatic ludus, and Pragmatic storge. You can be obsessive, selfless, or practical about your romance, friendship, or family. But, can you be romantic, friendly, or familial with your obsession, abnigation, or business? This would give us: Erotic mania, Ludic mania, Storgic mania, Erotic agape, Ludic agape, Storgic agape, Erotic pragmatics, Ludic pragmatics, Storgic pragmatics.

I will forgo pretending that I did not enjoy this.

[Hugues Brieva]

John Alan Lee, a Canadian psychologist, proposed the idea that there are six types of interpersonal love. Three Primary: Eros (red), Ludus (blue), and Storge (yellow); and Three Secondary: Mania (violet), Agape (orange), Pragma (green). In his 1973 book entitled, Colours of Love, where Lee explains the six love types and assigns a color to each. Lee hopes to demonstrate in this study that, "affiliative love can itself be divided into six different types, and that each of these has an equal claim to be called love" (4). He uses quote some notable professors, writers, and others who have written about different types of love at one point or another. Like writers such as professor C.S. Lewis, author Stendhal, the ninth- century French novelist, and many more. Lee picked out pieces of literature and other examples with in Western culture that show each of his six types of love.