The Agony of Eros
By: Byung-Chul Han
3.93
Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition
An argument that love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the …
Want to Read $ 11.99"Philosophy is the translation of the Eros into Logos"-Byung-Chul Han, The Agony of Eros
"Such crises make it plain that capitalism - counter to widespread belief - is not a religion. Every religion operates with both debt (guilt) and relief (pardon). But capitalism only works with debt and default. It offers no possibility for atonement, which would free the debtor from liability."-Byung-Chul Han, The Agony of Eros
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1. The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
By: Walter Benjamin , Rodney Livingstone , Michael W. Jennings , Brigid Doherty , None , Howard Eiland , Thomas Y. Levin
4.02
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Benjamin's famous 'Work of Art' essay sets out his boldest thoughts--on media and on culture in gen… read more
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2. Unforbidden Pleasures
By: Adam Phillips
3.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Adam Phillips takes Oscar Wilde as a springboard for a deep dive into the meanings and importance o… read more
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3. Erotism: Death and Sensuality
By: Georges Bataille , Mary Dalwood
4.16
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality--Georges Bataille pursues the… read more
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4. Story of the Eye
By: Georges Bataille , Joachim Neugroschel , Dovid Bergelson
3.66
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye… read more
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"We pedaled rapidly, without laughing or speaking, peculiarly satisfied with our mutual presence, akin to one another in the common isolation of lewdness, weariness, and absurdity."-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"Simone was tall and lovely. She was usually very natural; there was nothing heartbreaking in her eyes or her voice. But on a sensual level, she so bluntly craved any upheaval that the faintest call f…"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"I remember that one day, when we were in a car tooling along at top speed,we crashed into a cyclist, an apparently very young and very pretty girl. Her head was almost totally ripped off by the wheel…"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"As for the fact that Simone dared to piss on the corpse, whether in boredom or, at worst, in irritation: it mainly goes to prove how impossible it was for us to understand what was happening, and of …"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
5. Eros the Bittersweet
By: Anne Carson
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A book about love as seen by the ancients, Erosis Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros… read more
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6. The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind
By: T.S. Eliot , Simone Weil
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Hailed by Andre Gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, Simone Weil's short life was ample testi… read more
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7. The Art of Loving
By: Erich Fromm , Rainer Funk , Peter D. Kramer
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown mill… read more
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8. One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
By: Herbert Marcuse
4.70
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in… read more
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9. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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10. We Have Never Been Modern
By: Bruno Latour , Catherine Porter
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever … read more
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11. Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
By: Gilles Deleuze , Félix Guattari
3.51
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A major work in the development of critical theory in the late 20th century, ANTI-OEDIPUS is an ess… read more
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12. The Ecstasy of Communication
By: Jean Baudrillard
3.82
Format: None pages,
This book marks an important evolution in Jean Baudrillard's thought as he leaves behind his older … read more
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13. First Love and Other Novellas
By: Samuel Beckett , None
3.92
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
This new collection brings together First Love, The Calamative, The Endand The Expelled; these four… read more
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14. Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud
By: Herbert Marcuse
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In this classic work, Herbert Marcuse takes as his starting point Freud's statement that civilizati… read more
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15. First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
By: Slavoj Žižek
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Billions of dollars have been hastily poured into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at… read more
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16. In Praise of Love
By: Alain Badiou , Peter Bush , Nicolas Truong
4.41
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death. Caught between consumerism and casua… read more
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17. The Agony of Eros
By: Byung-Chul Han
3.93
Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition
An argument that love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the … read more
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"Philosophy is the translation of the Eros into Logos"-Byung-Chul Han, The Agony of Eros
"Such crises make it plain that capitalism - counter to widespread belief - is not a religion. Every religion operates with both debt (guilt) and relief (pardon). But capitalism only works with debt a…"-Byung-Chul Han, The Agony of Eros
18. Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures
By: Mark Fisher
4.29
Format: 211 pages, None
Edited with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this idiosyncratic collection of lecture notes and t… read more
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19. La Historia Secreta. Amlo Y El Cártel De Sinaloa
By: Anabel Hernández
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
«Esta periodista, Anabel Hernández, ha hecho trabajos de investigación de primer orden, es una muje… read more
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20. Generación líquida
By: Zygmunt Bauman
3.50
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
Estas son las páginas en las que estaba trabajando Zygmunt Bauman en el momento de su muerte, un di… read more
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21. Contra la tentación populista: & La melancolía y el acto (Colección Slavoj Žižek nº 3) (Spanish Edition)
By: Slavoj Žižek
3.64
Format: 109 pages, Kindle Edition
"... un fructífero intercambio intelectual aunque sin plenas coincidencias con el politólogo argent… read more
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