Katie Barclay is an historian of gender, the family, the self and emotions. She is currently a DECRA Fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions at The University of Adelaide, and is an editor of the journal 'Emotions: History, Culture, Society'. In this podcast, the second in a new 'Thinking with the History of Emotions' segment, Katie reflects on the importance of love for determining how people live together within societies.