The Agony of Eros

by Byung-Chul Han

An argument that love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the Other.

Byung-Chul Han is one of the most widely read philosophers in Europe today, a member of the new generation of German thinkers that includes Markus Gabriel and Armen Avanessian. In The Agony of Eros, a bestseller in Germany, Han considers the threat to love and desire in today's society. For Han, love requires the courage to accept...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262533375
• ISBN13: 9780262533379
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.5" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher