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International Review of Psychiatry Volume 35, 2023 - Issue 1: Love and Culture
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Leonard Cohen: the duty of lovers

Ken FuchsmanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 136-146 | Received 30 Nov 2022, Accepted 11 Feb 2023, Published online: 20 Mar 2023
 
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Abstract

Leonard Cohen sang that the duty of lovers is to tarnish the Golden Rule and that love is not a victory march but a cold and broken Hallelujah. This article explicates what erotics, romance, and love means in Cohen's songs. It compares his conception to those of other notable writers, then arrives at its own definition of love.

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