Pourquoi il ne faut plus dire "je t'aime"

Synopsis of Pourquoi il ne faut plus dire "je t'aime"

«Pourquoi il ne faut plus dire "je t'aime"» is the philosophical essay by François Jullien in dialogue with Nicolas Truong, published by Coédition Editions de l'Aube/Le Monde in paperback (101 pages, in French).

François Jullien proposes dismantling the image of love-as-passion as a great fire that ends in ashes and of love as a desire for possession destined for disappointment. Against the equivocation of love, he defends the notion of the intimate: saying «te quiero» turns the other into an object, while intimacy undoes the isolation of subjects and opens a path to rethink the experience of living.

Work published in 2019, in Le Monde's collection of contemporary thinkers, with illustrations by Pascal Lemaître.

For readers interested in contemporary philosophy and in an intercultural reflection on affective bonds, far from romantic clichés.