The Agony of Eros

Synopsis

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 self-negation for the sake of discovering the other.