This is an excerpt from Byung-Chul Han's *Agony of Eros*, in his chapter analyzing Lars Von Trier's *Melancholia.* In it, *Eros/love* is defined, "not as a simple pact of coexistence between two individuals, but the radical experience, perhaps to the outermost point, of the existence of the Other."
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Rowan-Treesreddit.comByung-Chul Han on Escaping Depression. From 'Agony of Eros'
Today's narcissistic "achievement-subject" seeks out success above all. Finding success validates the One through the Other. Thereby, the Other is robbed of otherness and degrades into a mirror of the One --a mirror affirming the latter's image. This logic of recognition ensnares the narcissistic achievement-subject more deeply in the ego. The... See more