Love in the Age of Contracts: Reflections on the Formalization of Affection in Modernity

By Antônio Carlos

Love, once an experience of risk, openness, and unpredictability, has become a domain governed by agreements, formalized promises, and emotional performance standards. This book reflects on what is lost when affection begins to function as a contract - silent or explicit - in which the other is expected, managed, interpreted.

By examining the contemporary ways we shield ourselves from emotional failure, pain, and uncertainty, the work proposes an ethic of presence that does not rely on clauses, a trust that cannot be guaranteed through calculation, and a form of staying that gains value precisely because it is never assured.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FNL7Y1ZV
• ISBN13: 9798299417920
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"