An Analysis of Marion’s Phenomenological Variations from Eros to Agape

Abstract

In the Erotic Phenomenon, Marion shows his thinking about the intersubjectivity through Erotic Reduction, and the relationship between self and others is rooted in the "relationship of love". But in fact, Marion's definition of "Eros" is twofold: on the one hand, "Eros" contains the narrow sense of "Eros" between subjects, and on the other hand, it also implies the universal love as "Agape". Although Marion does not concentrate on the latter in this book, the limits of Eros's reduction come from the divine love that Marion regards as the "absolute Eros." If the reduction of Eros is regarded by Marion as the fundamental phenomenological reduction, then divine love is the theoretical pole for the realization of its "unity of all loves."

Key Terms: Jean-Luc, Marion,  Eros,  Agape, Phenomenology