Eric Rohmer: The Game of Love, Chance, and Expression

Author: Michel Ceryoz, translated by Li Shengfeng
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: When he connects the behavior of his contemporaries to archetypes and cultural myths, and when he analyzes our hidden motivations—mediation and narcissism—through the gap between discourse and behavior, through what may manifest as play, avoidance, or gambling, Houellebecq interprets their behavior as an indicator of the revelation of an "ontological disease," a more metaphysical topic than people might think. What is questioned is not love, but the very discourse and behavior that drive these loves. When he connects the behavior of his contemporaries to archetypes and cultural myths, and when he analyzes our hidden motivations—mediation and narcissism—through the gap between discourse and behavior, through what may manifest as play, avoidance, or gambling, Houellebecq interprets their behavior as an indicator of the revelation of an "ontological disease," a more metaphysical topic than people might think. What is questioned is not love, but the very discourse and behavior that drive these loves.