Romantic relationships, individualism and the possibility of togetherness: Seeing Durkheim in theories of contemporary intimacy

Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1200-1217

  Santore, Daniel ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Durkheim; Individualism; Intimacy; Sexual relationships; Social solidarity; Theoretical problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349191604     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508096941     Document Type: Article

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