Liebe allein oder zu zweit? Fragmente einer europäischen Diskursgeschichte
In this essay, two major books on love are discussed: Love as passion by Niklas Luh- mann and A lover’s discourse by Roland Barthes. Starting with the platonic distinction of ›the lover‹ and ›the beloved‹ and the gendered implications of these two subject positions, the article focuses on a discursi...
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| description | In this essay, two major books on love are discussed: Love as passion by Niklas Luh- mann and A lover’s discourse by Roland Barthes. Starting with the platonic distinction of ›the lover‹ and ›the beloved‹ and the gendered implications of these two subject positions, the article focuses on a discursive line that is often underestimated: the conception of love as a phenomenon that requires reciprocity (the love of a couple), or of love as the radically subjective and subjectivating condition of a single individual. Luhmann’s and Barthes’ books prove to represent the two models in a typical way. This is arguably the consequence of different disciplinary approaches, but at the same time the result of different conceptions of academic writing: claims on objectivity on the one side, assumed subjectivity of the author on the other. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dcbf5c9bc2f144d084fa0eab20ceafc02022-12-21T20:16:32ZdeuStudienVerlagÖsterreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften1016-765X2707-966X2007-08-0118310.25365/oezg-2007-18-3-2Liebe allein oder zu zweit? Fragmente einer europäischen DiskursgeschichteBirgit Wagner0Institut für Romanistik, Universitätscampus, WienIn this essay, two major books on love are discussed: Love as passion by Niklas Luh- mann and A lover’s discourse by Roland Barthes. Starting with the platonic distinction of ›the lover‹ and ›the beloved‹ and the gendered implications of these two subject positions, the article focuses on a discursive line that is often underestimated: the conception of love as a phenomenon that requires reciprocity (the love of a couple), or of love as the radically subjective and subjectivating condition of a single individual. Luhmann’s and Barthes’ books prove to represent the two models in a typical way. This is arguably the consequence of different disciplinary approaches, but at the same time the result of different conceptions of academic writing: claims on objectivity on the one side, assumed subjectivity of the author on the other.https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oezg/article/view/3960 |
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