What is love? A new book finds we still don’t really know

A brief history of love
Leith Yacker (Watkins Publishing)

Eurodance singer Hadaway sang “What’s Love?” It has been more than 30 years since this question was raised. And we’re still nowhere near a consensus. Despite the enduring, undying interest in love, our knowledge of what it actually is that brings and keeps people together is limited.

Moreover, the parameters change all the time. In many so-called WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic) societies, marriage and birth rates are declining, especially for women…