Davies, James W.
Empire of the Gods

The Liberation of Eros.

This study on love uses classical theories for the diagnosis of present-day conditions and suggests a new synthesis of classical love, historical romantic love and agape. The history of Eros is its attempted liberation into wholeness and individuality. Its modern expression as a flesh-monism requires expansion to include reason and spirit (including Agape), the classical, to include affect and flesh. The illicit character of the Romantic Love of the Twelfth Century (seen as two versions: Utopian and Historical) provides a radical key not only to synthesis but also to surmounting oppressive enculturation, particularly in the marriage institution. Relationship is the synthesizing focus of illicit love, philosophical dialogue and psychotherapy. XI,375 Seiten, gebunden (New Perspectives in Philosophical Scholarship; vol. 8/Peter Lang Verlag 1997) Mängelexemplar