Where has all romanticism gone?
919519
I am still here, I am always here - and just as much of a hopeless romantic as ever.
993127
If you are referring to Enlightenment as a movement that emerged in Europe... in the present day discourses... postmodernism seems to be up in arms against the notion of this universal Euro-centric 'enlightenment'.  The present day social theorists see Enlightenment as part of the European colonizing mission where a certain kind of rationality with European experience as a role model was imposed on the rest of the world which in turn had nothing to offer but only to catch up with the West and modernize.\n\nPersonally, i am weary of going overboard with this present day trend, which is letting all kinds of weird irrational locally dominating ideas to assert themselves against modernity.  Various fundamentalist religious movements are questioning the regime of reason by suggesting that one truth is equal to the other so we will follow ours whatever the consequences!  Evolution and creationism are projected as equal.  The boundary between myth and science is being collapsed.  There is a great danger in this tendency, however exciting it may appear, for the end of reason means proliferation of multitudes of lunacy and parochialisms which are hard to manage...   More on request!
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When love is absent, Ann, then the relationship is over. Is there never any sharing? Has all meaningful conversation stopped? Has physical comfort ended? Is sex just functional? Has the smiling stopped? These are all signs.
899140
Yes, our society has degraded tremendously since 1970! I was twelve years old back then, and I have been watching. I wish we could get our old values back before it is too late.
66511
The end...seriously, I enjoy the historical and romantic aspects mostly
431009
such a romantic question! isn't it?? wow!! great! \n\ni don't know, simply!
275511
There was a time not so long ago when the future looked promising....end of the cold war, the emergence of people power in harsh regimes, popular culture's role in addressing the world's starving, the advances in science that promised the eradication of disease and poverty, etc.  Now it seems that the "old order" has reasserted itself and the most powerful governments of the world are once again committed to jingoistic warmongering activities that place us all at risk once more.  Unfortunately those human traits that are no longer required but have survived evolution to date (greed, fear, aggression) are still a driving force behind most, if not all of, world politics today.  Strangely enough, everyone knows deep down the correct path to take......just no-one has the guts.
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everyone ran out of ideas there's no originality left
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USTED HABLA EL LENGUAJE ROMANTICO ?
699819
Oh where, oh where have my favorites gone?\nOh where, oh where can they be?....etc\n\nDetails of what your problem is would be good here. ; )
97100
You can't stop it, everything changes.  Traditional Values will never come back.  People don't move backwards.  There has never been a case in all of history of a group of people renouncing their current values for the actual values of the past.
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My very dear Lady, spiritualism goes back to the Dawn of Time. Humans have always been spiritualists, even when formalized religion took society over. It's something well worth looking into. You'll find it fascinating.
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It's called moral decay...and you are right...it's what happens to all societies when they shift from survival to rich and decadent
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If and when the fundamental organizing principle for interactions and transactions between and among members of "our" species becomes the psychology of love in lieu of the psychology of power (which it has been since the inception of "our" species here on earth) then, and only then would the state of affairs implied by your question be possible.\n\nOur is written as it is, i.e. "our", because this, I suggest necessitates a further stage of human evolution, i.e. post-modern homo sapiens.  The question is, which will come first, the required evolutionary process or the extinction of the species homo sapiens?\n\nA further question is, if perchance post-modern homo sapiens does come to fruition, what would "we" be like?  I think that, from time to time, we are provided with glimpses of this from throughout the entire species extant. I also think, that like quality, we know it when we see it, notwithstanding the obstacle posed by current ideas, concepts and perceptions about "human nature" and its possibilities.
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This talks about a bunch of them....\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_music
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Go somewhere romantic and pop away.
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The most romantic times are the ones where you do something together.  It can be exploring a place you have never been to, or having an experience you've never had before.  Go to a different park, go for a boat ride, go to explore a new town, etc.  The next best idea, I think, is to do something where you each have part in completing something.  Even doing a puzzle together can be really romantic.  Or, go to the stores, get the ingredients for a great dinner, and cook it together.   I promise, if you do that, dessert will become unnecessary. <wink>