Risk-society theories frame romance as rational risk deliberation toward self-disclosure

Evidence

A further deficiency of the self-reflexivity and risk society approaches to intimacy, which is particularly relevant for our discussion, is the following: for all their cogency in grasping love’s unruly nature, these theories prioritize risk over uncertainty in their framings of the modern romantic subject. Specifically, they depict an enhanced sense of risk as the key organizing principle of a volatile intimate life—as a pathway to an emotional rationality through which people continually negotiate intimate relations with the aim of “mutual self-disclosure” (Giddens 1993) and, ultimately, of reaching a new social contract. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 228

Categorization

• XREF: Sets up the author’s intellectual opponent (Giddens/Beck reflexive modernity), which the counter-speculations assessment must weigh against. — connects to: Broken social ties force individuals to treat love as a self-managed risk venture — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 351; Self-disclosure works because intimate information signals rare trust; Dispositional trust theories explain only variation in risk-taking, not trust itself (+11 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Broken social ties force individuals to treat love as a self-managed risk venture — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 351; Self-disclosure works because intimate information signals rare trust; Dispositional trust theories explain only variation in risk-taking, not trust itself (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Broken social ties force individuals to treat love as a self-managed risk venture #corroborates (0.92) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 351
• Self-interest assumptions in social science derive from folk psychology, not scientific necessity #complicates (0.77) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 386
• Trust theory does not assume purely self-interested choice #complicates (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 803
• Trusting is only knowledge; acting on trust is what carries risk #complicates (0.72)
• Dispositional trust theories explain only variation in risk-taking, not trust itself #complicates (0.71)