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A review by loelliza
The Agony of Eros by Byung-Chul Han
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
“…dignity, decency, and propriety—matters of maintaining distance—are disappearing. That is, the ability to experience the Other in terms of his or her otherness is being lost.”
“One stays the same and seeks only the confirmation of oneself in the Other.”
“Today’s ego, with its “endless capacity to enunciate and refine criteria in mate selection,” does not desire. To be sure, consumer culture is constantly producing new wants and needs by means of media images and narratives. But desire is something different from both wanting and needing.”
“One stays the same and seeks only the confirmation of oneself in the Other.”
“Today’s ego, with its “endless capacity to enunciate and refine criteria in mate selection,” does not desire. To be sure, consumer culture is constantly producing new wants and needs by means of media images and narratives. But desire is something different from both wanting and needing.”