ДЕНИ ДЕ РУЖМОН И ЗАПАДНО СХВАTАЊЕ ЉУБАВИ

This paper analyses the key areas reached by the Swiss author Denis de Rougemont in his famous work Love in the Western World. We critically read de Rougemont's thought that love-passion, as the basic guiding thread of the myth of Tristan and Isolde, still sovereignly rules the unconscious bein...

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Published in:	Filolog (Banja Luka) Vol. 13; no. 26; pp. 407 - 427
Main Author:	Šarić, Željko
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Serbian
Published:	Faculty of Philology University of Banja Luka 2022 Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Subjects:	Culture and social structure Other Language Literature Theory of Literature troubadours adultery Denis de Rougemont Courtly Love marriage agape eros
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Summary:	This paper analyses the key areas reached by the Swiss author Denis de Rougemont in his famous work Love in the Western World. We critically read de Rougemont's thought that love-passion, as the basic guiding thread of the myth of Tristan and Isolde, still sovereignly rules the unconscious being of modern man, giving him a one-sided vision of the play about love. Following his argumentation, we examine the connections between courtly and chivalrous love, Cathar heresy and troubadour love poetry. Denis de Rougemont contrasts eros, which ignites passion that descends into the darkness of death, with agape, i.e. the Christian love for one's neighbour. We question whether de Rougemont's solution to the problem of love by establishing merciful love as a necessary moral choice can be a satisfactory answer for modern man.
ISSN:	1986-5864 2233-1158