3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Popular science book tracing the evolutionary and cultural history of human mating behavior from ancestral environments through modern dating apps — applying evolutionary psychology to explain contemporary relationship dynamics.
Mark Manson's 2011 book on male dating and attraction — arguing that the foundation of attractiveness is honesty, vulnerability, and non-neediness rather than technique and manipulation — positioning itself as the antidote to pickup artistry.
Aziz Ansari and sociologist Eric Klinenberg's 2015 examination of modern dating — combining sociological research with comedy — exploring how technology has transformed romantic search and the psychology of modern relationships.