"The construction of the Other does not depend on whether more or less information is available. Only the negativity of withdrawal brings forth the Other in its atopic otherness. It lends the Other a higher plane of being beyond “idealization” or “overvaluation.” Information, as such, is positivity that leads to a dismantling of the Other’s negativity. It is not heightened fantasy, but—if anything—higher expectations that are responsible for the mounting disappointment experienced in contemporary society."
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Byung-Chul Han: The Agony of Eros
"The construction of the Other does not depend on whether more or less information is available. Only the negativity of withdrawal brings forth the Other in its atopic otherness. It lends the Other a higher plane of being beyond “idealization” or “overvaluation.” Information, as such, is positivity that leads to a dismantling of the Other’s negativity.
It is not heightened fantasy, but—if anything—higher expectations that are responsible for the mounting disappointment experienced in contemporary society."
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