A review by tristanbills
A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion by Fay Bound Alberti

4.0

Loneliness isn’t the universal concept that people tend to imagine. It’s actually a product of our modern age, and a multifaceted one at that. A far cry from the “oneliness” experienced before the 19th century, loneliness involves a profound sense of lack, and affects experiences from widowhood or widowerhood to social media use. Rather than being treated like something that comes inevitably with old age, or something to be blamed on new technology, we need to understand loneliness better in its historical context.