Broken social ties force individuals to treat love as a self-managed risk venture

Evidence

Beck and Beck-­ Gernsheim (2004) depict modern intimacy as the “chaos of love”: a society “bereft of any social ties” (2), marching on toward an individualized future, in a “collective trance to abandon marital bliss” (4). … Such a risk-­taking animus has effectively turned us into romantic entrepreneurs who use romance as a vehicle “for controlling the future, as well as a form of psychological security” against the profound uncertainties of daily life (Giddens 1993, 42). — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 351

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the reader’s source on how institutions substitute for social fabric, and connects to the financialization theme of individuals absorbing systemic risks. — connects to: People have become romantic entrepreneurs using love to manage future uncertainty — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 351; Love permits rapid risk escalation without external social support — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 660; Falling life satisfaction splits evenly between financial worry and lost social ties — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1169

Broader Connections

• Love permits rapid risk escalation without external social support #expands (0.90) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 660