Chapter Summary<\/summary>\nThis chapter explores how the psychology of romantic love has changed from the age of long-term commitment to the fluid uncertainties of hookup culture. Anchored in Zygmunt Bauman\u2019s concepts of solid and liquid modernity, the chapter critically examines how love has transformed alongside broader social, economic, and technological shifts. Through the lens of the charismatic Reddit anecdote of a \u2018ghosted\u2019 dater, the chapter opens a conversation about how intimacy is now increasingly shaped by apps, feeds, and disappearing messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tracing the history of love in psychology from early evolutionary and anthropological accounts to contemporary theories of attachment and affect, the chapter highlights key figures in the study of romantic love. The critical thinking tool of \u2018solid and liquid modernity\u2019 helps students assess epistemological and ontological shifts in the study of love, from stable binaries to proliferating fluidities. The chapter also foregrounds the power relations embedded in new romantic norms, especially those that govern availability, rejection, and self-presentation in the digital age.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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