Just in time for Valentine’s Day, philosophy professor Michael W. Austin, examines authentic love with a little help from Bono. In a Pyschology Today blog post titled Authentic Love, Kierkegaard and U2, the concept of losing love to find romance is explored.
In the song “A Man and a Woman” from the album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Bono confesses that “I could never take a chance, of losing love to find romance, in the mysterious distance, between a man and a woman.” In this song, there are striking parallels with a Kierkegaardian understanding of married love.
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Thanks for finding this and telling us about it, Rashas. It’s great!
GREAT article.
In this world of
self(ish) love - it’s good to hear and read
about real giving love - ‘agape’ love.
Out of all the (greek) loves - philia, eros, storge and
agape, agape is the best for fulfillment.
the full original article is here:”We Get to Carry Each Other: U2 and Kierkegaard on Authentic Love,” Philosophy Now 64 :http://www.philosophynow.org/issues/64/We_Get_To_Carry_Each_Other_U2_and_Kierkegaard_on_Authentic_Love
Thank you Bono for all the things you make for the people.
I´m making some homework and I needed an activist and a celebrity and my first idea where you.
P.S. Nice sunglassess.
Completely captivating and thought provoking. How easy it is to forget that this is what we are called to do, not just by Bono and Kierkegaard, but by Christ via Paul in Corinthians.
Bravo!