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A review by hieronymusbotched
The Agony of Eros by Byung-Chul Han
4.0
The strength of the book is the intensity and brevity of its argument.
The weakness of the book is the intensity and brevity of its argument.
I find myself agreeing with most of Han's assessments of modern afflictions - the commodification of love, the smoothing of emotional corners, the grand mediocrity of contemporary life - but for that same reason I do wish he'd spend more time with his own beliefs on the page.
All the same, not one word is a waste of your time.
The weakness of the book is the intensity and brevity of its argument.
I find myself agreeing with most of Han's assessments of modern afflictions - the commodification of love, the smoothing of emotional corners, the grand mediocrity of contemporary life - but for that same reason I do wish he'd spend more time with his own beliefs on the page.
All the same, not one word is a waste of your time.