Eros in a Narcissistic Culture An Analysis Anchored in the Life-Worl
The Urgency of Changing Our Thinking about Eros In Atlanta recently, a man broke into the apartment of his former girlfriend and brutally murdered both her and her new lover with an axe. When asked later whether he had considered the consequences of being
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHENOMENOLOGY IN COOPERAnON WITH
THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN PHENOMENOLOGY Volume 22
Editor: John Drummond, Mount Saint Mary's College Editorial Board: Elizabeth A. Behnke David Carr, Emory University Lester Embree, Horida Atlantic University J. Claude Evans, Washington University Jose Huertas-lourda, Wilfrid Laurier University Joseph J. Kockelmans, The Pennsylvania State University William R. McKenna, Miami University Algis Mickunas, Ohio University J. N. Mohanty, Temple University Tom Nenon, The University of Memphis Thomas M. Seebohm, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitiit, Mainz Elisabeth Straker, Philosophisches Seminarium der Universitiit Koln Richard M. Zaner, Vanderbilt University
Scope The purpose of this series is to foster the development of phenomenological philosophy through creative research. Contemporary issues in philosophy, other disciplines and in culture generally, offer opportunities for the application of phenomenological methods that call for creative responses. Although the work of several generations of thinkers has provided phenomenology with many results with which to approach these challenges, a truly successful response to them will require building on this work with new analyses and methodological innovations.
EROS IN A NARCISSISTIC CULTURE AN ANALYSIS ANCHORED IN THE LIFE-WORLD
by
RALPH D. ELLIS Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
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CONTENTS Acknowledgements
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INTRODUCTION The Urgency of Changing Our Thinking about Eros 1. The Centrality of Eros in the Project of Defining Meaning for Human Beings 2. Reassessing Assumptions and Methods in the Study of Eros
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PART I A Phenomenology of the Experience of Eros
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CHAPTER ONE Eros as Transformation 1. The Awakening Phase 2. The Space of Empathy
40 60
CHAPTER TWO After the Awakening 1. The Adventure Phase 2. Chagrin d'Amour as Existential Despair 3. The Reassertion of Oneself
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