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A review by kdotna
The Agony of Eros by Byung-Chul Han
new goal: being able not to be able
i found many of the ideas here to be incredibly sharp, insightful, and thought-provoking, but not sure how to rate this because
(1) the writing itself did not do the ideas any favors, and
(2) i remain skeptical abt the idea that absolute negativity—abolishing the self—is the only way to live against the grain of a societal promotion of a consumerist and contractual conception of love
i found many of the ideas here to be incredibly sharp, insightful, and thought-provoking, but not sure how to rate this because
(1) the writing itself did not do the ideas any favors, and
(2) i remain skeptical abt the idea that absolute negativity—abolishing the self—is the only way to live against the grain of a societal promotion of a consumerist and contractual conception of love