Bataille, Georges 1897-1962
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| Works: | 1,752 works in 5,758 publications in 17 languages and 76,954 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography Fiction History Horror fiction Biographies Poetry Trials, litigation, etc Erotic fiction Psychological fiction |
| Roles: | Author, Publishing director, Editor, Author of introduction, Other, Contributor, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, zxx, Translator, Dedicator, Honoree, Redactor, Illustrator, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Collector, Artist, Librettist, Composer, Commentator, Dedicatee, Conductor, Thesis advisor, Interviewee, Singer, Performer, Actor, wat, Cartographer, Signer, Narrator, Scenarist |
| Classifications: | PQ2603.A695, B |
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Most widely held works about
Georges Bataille
- Reading Bataille now( )
- Passion & excess : Blanchot, Bataille, and literary theory by Steven Shaviro( )
- Georges Bataille : a critical introduction by Benjamin Noys( )
- The Sunday of the negative : reading Bataille, reading Hegel by Christopher M Gemerchak( )
- Phenomenology and phantasmatology by Rodolphe Gasché( )
- On Bataille : critical essays( )
- Reconfigurations : critical theory and general economy by Arkady Plotnitsky( )
- The Beast at Heaven's Gate : Georges Bataille and the art of transgression by Andrew Hussey( )
- Against architecture : the writings of Georges Bataille by Denis Hollier( )
- Georges Bataille, à l'extrémité fuyante de la poésie by S Santi( )
- La fascination du commandeur : le sacré et l'écriture en France à partir du débat-Bataille by Christophe Halsberghe( )
- Bataille's peak : energy, religion, and postsustainability by Allan Stoekl( )
- The self and its pleasures : Bataille, Lacan, and the history of the decentered subject by Carolyn J Dean( )
- The God who deconstructs himself : sovereignty and subjectivity between Freud, Bataille, and Derrida by Nick Mansfield( )
- Georges Bataille : an intellectual biography by Michel Surya( Book )
- Saints of the impossible : Bataille, Weil, and the politics of the sacred by Alexander Irwin( )
- Negative ecstasies : Georges Bataille and the study of religion by Jeremy Biles( )
- Georges Bataille by Roland A Champagne( Book )
- García Lorca at the edge of surrealism : the aesthetics of anguish by David F Richter( )
- De l'abject et du sublime : Georges Bataille, Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett by Claire Lozier( )
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Most widely held works by
Georges Bataille
Erotism : death & sensuality by
Georges Bataille(
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234 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in 10 languages and held by 1,895 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
El autor explora en su obra el tema del erotismo desde un punto de vista filosófico, en la medida en que, sin dejar de ser una actividad estrictamente humana, nos enfrenta sin cesar a nuestra naturaleza animal
234 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in 10 languages and held by 1,895 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
El autor explora en su obra el tema del erotismo desde un punto de vista filosófico, en la medida en que, sin dejar de ser una actividad estrictamente humana, nos enfrenta sin cesar a nuestra naturaleza animal
Inner experience by
Georges Bataille(
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131 editions published between 1943 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,761 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Filosofisch essay van de Franse auteur (1897-1962) over een niet-religieuze vorm van mystiek
131 editions published between 1943 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,761 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Filosofisch essay van de Franse auteur (1897-1962) over een niet-religieuze vorm van mystiek
Manet; [biographical and critical study by
Georges Bataille(
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67 editions published between 1954 and 1988 in 5 languages and held by 1,633 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
MANET, Edouard, peintre français, 1832-1883, PEINTURE, 19e siècle
67 editions published between 1954 and 1988 in 5 languages and held by 1,633 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
MANET, Edouard, peintre français, 1832-1883, PEINTURE, 19e siècle
Lascaux; or, The birth of art: prehistoric painting by
Georges Bataille(
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53 editions published between 1955 and 1994 in 3 languages and held by 1,539 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents the anatomy and soul of a house as seen through a camera's eye
53 editions published between 1955 and 1994 in 3 languages and held by 1,539 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents the anatomy and soul of a house as seen through a camera's eye
Blue of noon by
Georges Bataille(
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150 editions published between 1900 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, "Blue of noon" is a blackly compelling account of depravity and violence. As its narrator lurches despairingly from city to city in a surreal sexual and mental nightmare of squalor, sadism and drunken encounters, his internal collapse mirrors the fighting and marching on the streets outside. Exploring the dark forces beneath the surface of civilization, this is a novel torn between identifying with history's victims and being seduced by the monstrous glamour of its terrible victors, and is one of the twentieth century's great nihilist works."--Abebooks.com
150 editions published between 1900 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, "Blue of noon" is a blackly compelling account of depravity and violence. As its narrator lurches despairingly from city to city in a surreal sexual and mental nightmare of squalor, sadism and drunken encounters, his internal collapse mirrors the fighting and marching on the streets outside. Exploring the dark forces beneath the surface of civilization, this is a novel torn between identifying with history's victims and being seduced by the monstrous glamour of its terrible victors, and is one of the twentieth century's great nihilist works."--Abebooks.com
Story of the eye by
Georges Bataille(
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90 editions published between 1928 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 959 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that 'the caress of the eye over the skin is so utterly, so extraordinarily gentle, and the sensation is so bizarre that it has something of a rooster's horrible crowing.' Bataille has been called a 'metaphysician of evil, ' specializing in blasphemy, profanation, and horror. Story of the Eye, written in 1928, is his best-known work; it is unashamedly surrealistic, both disgusting and fascinating, and packed with seemingly endless violations. It's something of an underground classic, rediscovered by each new generation. Most recently, the Icelandic pop singer Björk Guðdmundsdóttir cites Story of the Eye as a major inspiration: she made a music video that alludes to Bataille's erotic uses of eggs, and she plans to read an excerpt for an album. Warning: Story of the Eye is graphically sexual, and is only for adults who are not easily offended."--Jacket
90 editions published between 1928 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 959 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that 'the caress of the eye over the skin is so utterly, so extraordinarily gentle, and the sensation is so bizarre that it has something of a rooster's horrible crowing.' Bataille has been called a 'metaphysician of evil, ' specializing in blasphemy, profanation, and horror. Story of the Eye, written in 1928, is his best-known work; it is unashamedly surrealistic, both disgusting and fascinating, and packed with seemingly endless violations. It's something of an underground classic, rediscovered by each new generation. Most recently, the Icelandic pop singer Björk Guðdmundsdóttir cites Story of the Eye as a major inspiration: she made a music video that alludes to Bataille's erotic uses of eggs, and she plans to read an excerpt for an album. Warning: Story of the Eye is graphically sexual, and is only for adults who are not easily offended."--Jacket
La littérature et le mal: Emily Bronte, Baudelaire, Michelet, Blake, Sade, Proust, Kafka, Genet by
Georges Bataille(
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112 editions published between 1957 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 842 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La littérature est communication. La communication commande la loyauté : la morale rigoureuse est donnée dans cette vue à partir de complicités dans la connaissance du mal, qui fondent la communication intense
112 editions published between 1957 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 842 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La littérature est communication. La communication commande la loyauté : la morale rigoureuse est donnée dans cette vue à partir de complicités dans la connaissance du mal, qui fondent la communication intense
On Nietzsche by
Georges Bataille(
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30 editions published between 1992 and 2016 in English and held by 820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Hailed as "one of France's best minds" by Martin Heidegger, Georges Bataille has become one of the most influential thinkers in America. Barthes, Foucault, Derrida, and Kristeva all acknowledge their debt to him." "For the first time translated into English, On Nietzsche is the third and last volume of Bataille's crowning achievement, The Atheological Summa, which includes the books Inner Experience and Guilty. Originally published in France in 1945, On Nietzsche comes as close as Bataille could ever come to formulating a system of his own - an "atheology."" "Nietzsche was a major influence on Bataille's life. In 1915, in a crisis of guilt after leaving his blind father in the hands of the Germans, Bataille converted to Catholicism. It was Nietzsche's work that led him to abandon Catholicism for an idiosyncratic form of godless mysticism. In this volume Bataille becomes, and goes beyond, Nietzsche, assuming Nietzsche's thought where he left off - with God's death. The heart of this book explores how one can have a spiritual life outside religion." "Throughout, Bataille argues against fascist interpretations of Nietzsche. He writes of Nietzsche's falling out with Richard Wagner and his disgust for German anti-Semitism. He lauds Nietzsche as a prophet foretelling "the crude German fate," and in the appendix Bataille defends himself against Sartre." "On Nietzsche is essentially a journal that brilliantly mixes observations with ruminations in fragments, aphorisms, poems, myths, quotations, and images against the background of the war and the German occupation. Bataille has a unique way of moving breezily from abstraction to confession, and from theology to eroticism, skillfully weaving together his own internal experience of anguish with the war and the destruction raging outside. This volume reconfirms Michel Foucault's words: "[Bataille] broke with traditional narrative to tell us what has never been told before.""--Jacket
30 editions published between 1992 and 2016 in English and held by 820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Hailed as "one of France's best minds" by Martin Heidegger, Georges Bataille has become one of the most influential thinkers in America. Barthes, Foucault, Derrida, and Kristeva all acknowledge their debt to him." "For the first time translated into English, On Nietzsche is the third and last volume of Bataille's crowning achievement, The Atheological Summa, which includes the books Inner Experience and Guilty. Originally published in France in 1945, On Nietzsche comes as close as Bataille could ever come to formulating a system of his own - an "atheology."" "Nietzsche was a major influence on Bataille's life. In 1915, in a crisis of guilt after leaving his blind father in the hands of the Germans, Bataille converted to Catholicism. It was Nietzsche's work that led him to abandon Catholicism for an idiosyncratic form of godless mysticism. In this volume Bataille becomes, and goes beyond, Nietzsche, assuming Nietzsche's thought where he left off - with God's death. The heart of this book explores how one can have a spiritual life outside religion." "Throughout, Bataille argues against fascist interpretations of Nietzsche. He writes of Nietzsche's falling out with Richard Wagner and his disgust for German anti-Semitism. He lauds Nietzsche as a prophet foretelling "the crude German fate," and in the appendix Bataille defends himself against Sartre." "On Nietzsche is essentially a journal that brilliantly mixes observations with ruminations in fragments, aphorisms, poems, myths, quotations, and images against the background of the war and the German occupation. Bataille has a unique way of moving breezily from abstraction to confession, and from theology to eroticism, skillfully weaving together his own internal experience of anguish with the war and the destruction raging outside. This volume reconfirms Michel Foucault's words: "[Bataille] broke with traditional narrative to tell us what has never been told before.""--Jacket
Theory of religion by
Georges Bataille(
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33 editions published between 1973 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 810 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Argues that religion is the search for lost intimacy, discusses its connection to the general economy, and examines the sacrifice of war
33 editions published between 1973 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 810 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Argues that religion is the search for lost intimacy, discusses its connection to the general economy, and examines the sacrifice of war
Literature and evil by
Georges Bataille(
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29 editions published between 1973 and 2012 in English and held by 771 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this collection of essays, first published in France in 1957, Georges Bataille explores the value of evil as expressed in literature. 'Literature is not innocent,' Bataille writes in his preface. 'It is guilty and should admit itself so.' It is only by acknowledging its complicity in the knowledge of Evil that literature can communicate fully. This idea is explored through a series of remarkable studies on the work of eight outstanding authors; Emily Bronte, Baudelaire, Blake, Michelet, Kafka, Proust, Genet and de Sade."--BOOK JACKET
29 editions published between 1973 and 2012 in English and held by 771 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this collection of essays, first published in France in 1957, Georges Bataille explores the value of evil as expressed in literature. 'Literature is not innocent,' Bataille writes in his preface. 'It is guilty and should admit itself so.' It is only by acknowledging its complicity in the knowledge of Evil that literature can communicate fully. This idea is explored through a series of remarkable studies on the work of eight outstanding authors; Emily Bronte, Baudelaire, Blake, Michelet, Kafka, Proust, Genet and de Sade."--BOOK JACKET
The tears of Eros by
Georges Bataille(
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87 editions published between 1961 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 676 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes Lettres inédites de G. Bataille
87 editions published between 1961 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 676 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes Lettres inédites de G. Bataille
The College of Sociology (1937-39) by
Denis Hollier(
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37 editions published between 1979 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 665 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contributi di: Georges Bataille, Roger Caillois, Georges Duthuit, René M. Guastalla, Pierre Klossowski, Alexandre Kojève, Michel Leiris, Anatole Lewitzky, Hans Mayer, Jean Paulhan, Denis De Rougemont, Jean Wahl
37 editions published between 1979 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 665 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contributi di: Georges Bataille, Roger Caillois, Georges Duthuit, René M. Guastalla, Pierre Klossowski, Alexandre Kojève, Michel Leiris, Anatole Lewitzky, Hans Mayer, Jean Paulhan, Denis De Rougemont, Jean Wahl
L'abbé C : a novel by
Georges Bataille(
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77 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"L'Abbe C" is a shocking, unnerving narrative about the intense and terrifying relationship between twin brothers. Charles is a modern libertine, dedicated to vice and depravity, while Robert is a priest so devout that he is nicknamed 'l'Abbe'. When the sexually wild Eponine intrudes upon their suffocating relationship, anguish, delirium, and death ensue. Charged with sensuality and a heightened, dreamlike atmosphere, this novel portrays the darkest and most profound aspects of human experience." --abebooks.com
77 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"L'Abbe C" is a shocking, unnerving narrative about the intense and terrifying relationship between twin brothers. Charles is a modern libertine, dedicated to vice and depravity, while Robert is a priest so devout that he is nicknamed 'l'Abbe'. When the sexually wild Eponine intrudes upon their suffocating relationship, anguish, delirium, and death ensue. Charged with sensuality and a heightened, dreamlike atmosphere, this novel portrays the darkest and most profound aspects of human experience." --abebooks.com
The accursed share : an essay on general economy by
Georges Bataille(
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29 editions published between 1988 and 2007 in English and held by 607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Most Anglo-American readers know Bataille as a novelist. The "Accursed Share "provides an excellent introduction to Bataille the philosopher. Here he uses his unique economic theory as the basis for an incisive inquiry into the very nature of civilization. Unlike conventional economic models based on notions of scarcity, Bataille's theory develops the concept of excess: a civilization, he argues, reveals its order most clearly in the treatment of its surplus energy. The result is a brilliant blend of ethics, aesthetics, and cultural anthropology that challenges both mainstream economics and ethnology. The three volumes of "The Accursed Share" address what Georges Bataille sees as the paradox of utility: namely, if being useful means serving a further end, then the ultimate end of utility can only be uselessness. The first volume, the only one published before Bataille's death, treated this paradox in economic terms, showing that "it is not necessity but its contrary, luxury, that presents living matter and mankind with their fundamental problems." In the second and third volumes, "The History of Eroticism" and "Sovereignty", Bataille explores the same paradox of utility from an anthropological and an ethical perspective, respectively. "The History of Eroticism" analyzes the fears and fascination, the prohibitions and transgressions attached to the realm of eroticism as so many expressions of the "uselessness" of erotic life. In the third volume, Bataille raises the ethical problems of sovereignty, of "the independence of man relative to useful ends."
29 editions published between 1988 and 2007 in English and held by 607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Most Anglo-American readers know Bataille as a novelist. The "Accursed Share "provides an excellent introduction to Bataille the philosopher. Here he uses his unique economic theory as the basis for an incisive inquiry into the very nature of civilization. Unlike conventional economic models based on notions of scarcity, Bataille's theory develops the concept of excess: a civilization, he argues, reveals its order most clearly in the treatment of its surplus energy. The result is a brilliant blend of ethics, aesthetics, and cultural anthropology that challenges both mainstream economics and ethnology. The three volumes of "The Accursed Share" address what Georges Bataille sees as the paradox of utility: namely, if being useful means serving a further end, then the ultimate end of utility can only be uselessness. The first volume, the only one published before Bataille's death, treated this paradox in economic terms, showing that "it is not necessity but its contrary, luxury, that presents living matter and mankind with their fundamental problems." In the second and third volumes, "The History of Eroticism" and "Sovereignty", Bataille explores the same paradox of utility from an anthropological and an ethical perspective, respectively. "The History of Eroticism" analyzes the fears and fascination, the prohibitions and transgressions attached to the realm of eroticism as so many expressions of the "uselessness" of erotic life. In the third volume, Bataille raises the ethical problems of sovereignty, of "the independence of man relative to useful ends."
The trial of Gilles de Rais by
Georges Bataille(
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84 editions published between 1959 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"--Gilles de Rais doit sa gloire à ses crimes. Mais fut-il, comme on l'affirma, le plus abject des criminels de tous les temps? En principe, cette affirmation hasardée est peu soutenable. Le crime est le fait de l'espèce humaine, il est même le fait de cette seule espèce, mais il est surtout l'aspect secret, l'aspect impénétrable et dérobé. Le crime se cache, et ce qui nous échappe est le plus affreux. dans la nuit qu'il propose à notre peur, nous sommes tenus d'imaginer le pire. Le pire est toujours possible ; et même, du crime, le pire est le sens dernier
84 editions published between 1959 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"--Gilles de Rais doit sa gloire à ses crimes. Mais fut-il, comme on l'affirma, le plus abject des criminels de tous les temps? En principe, cette affirmation hasardée est peu soutenable. Le crime est le fait de l'espèce humaine, il est même le fait de cette seule espèce, mais il est surtout l'aspect secret, l'aspect impénétrable et dérobé. Le crime se cache, et ce qui nous échappe est le plus affreux. dans la nuit qu'il propose à notre peur, nous sommes tenus d'imaginer le pire. Le pire est toujours possible ; et même, du crime, le pire est le sens dernier
Œuvres complètes by
Georges Bataille(
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58 editions published between 1969 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 542 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Complete works of the author in a series of volumes
58 editions published between 1969 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 542 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Complete works of the author in a series of volumes
The absence of myth : writings on surrealism by
Georges Bataille(
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10 editions published between 1994 and 2006 in English and held by 496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
'Surrealism', wrote Georges Bataille in 1945, 'has from the start given consistency to a "morality of revolt" and its most important contribution - important perhaps even in the political realm - is to have remained, in matters of morality, a revolution.'. For Bataille, 'the absence of myth' had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had 'lost the secret of its cohesion', Bataille saw surrealism as both a symptom and the beginning of an attempt to address this loss. His writings on this theme - which he had hoped to assemble into a book and which are published here for the first time - mostly date from the immediate postwar period, and are the result of profound reflection in the wake of World War Two. In one respect they represent preliminary notes for his later work, especially for The Accursed Share and Theory of Religion. But many of the issues raised were never taken up again; therefore they offer a fresh perspective on his thinking at a decisive time. Together, these texts also comprise perhaps the most incisive study yet made of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. They clarify Bataille's links with the surrealist movement, and throw revealing light on his complex and greatly misunderstood relationship with Andre Breton. Above all, The Absence of Myth shows Bataille to be a much more radical figure than his postmodernist devotees would have us believe: a man who continually tried to extend Marxist social theory; a pessimistic thinker, but one as far removed from nihilism as can be
10 editions published between 1994 and 2006 in English and held by 496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
'Surrealism', wrote Georges Bataille in 1945, 'has from the start given consistency to a "morality of revolt" and its most important contribution - important perhaps even in the political realm - is to have remained, in matters of morality, a revolution.'. For Bataille, 'the absence of myth' had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had 'lost the secret of its cohesion', Bataille saw surrealism as both a symptom and the beginning of an attempt to address this loss. His writings on this theme - which he had hoped to assemble into a book and which are published here for the first time - mostly date from the immediate postwar period, and are the result of profound reflection in the wake of World War Two. In one respect they represent preliminary notes for his later work, especially for The Accursed Share and Theory of Religion. But many of the issues raised were never taken up again; therefore they offer a fresh perspective on his thinking at a decisive time. Together, these texts also comprise perhaps the most incisive study yet made of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. They clarify Bataille's links with the surrealist movement, and throw revealing light on his complex and greatly misunderstood relationship with Andre Breton. Above all, The Absence of Myth shows Bataille to be a much more radical figure than his postmodernist devotees would have us believe: a man who continually tried to extend Marxist social theory; a pessimistic thinker, but one as far removed from nihilism as can be
The impossible by
Georges Bataille(
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50 editions published between 1947 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Die in diesem Band zusammengefassten Essays zeigen Batailles meisterhafte Fähigkeit, Poesie, erzählerische Fiktion und philosophische Reflexion miteinander zu verbinden. Auch thematisch sind die Aufsätze typisch für sein Gesamtwerk: Tod, Begehren, Wahnsinn, Ausschweifungen, Reinheit, Taumel, Angst und Sturz. (Quelle: Buchhandel.de)
50 editions published between 1947 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Die in diesem Band zusammengefassten Essays zeigen Batailles meisterhafte Fähigkeit, Poesie, erzählerische Fiktion und philosophische Reflexion miteinander zu verbinden. Auch thematisch sind die Aufsätze typisch für sein Gesamtwerk: Tod, Begehren, Wahnsinn, Ausschweifungen, Reinheit, Taumel, Angst und Sturz. (Quelle: Buchhandel.de)
La Part maudite, précédé de la Notion de dépense by
Georges Bataille(
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75 editions published between 1965 and 2011 in French and Undetermined and held by 429 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
75 editions published between 1965 and 2011 in French and Undetermined and held by 429 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The cradle of humanity : prehistoric art and culture by
Georges Bataille(
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14 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in English and held by 424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture collects Georges Bataille's essays and lectures spanning thirty years of his research in anthropology, comparative religion, aesthetics, and philosophy. These were neither idle nor idyllic years; the discovery of Lascaux in 1940 coincides with the bloodiest war in history - with new machines of death, Auschwitz, and Hiroshima. Bataille's reflections on the possible origins of humanity concur with the intensified threat of its possible extinction." "For Bataille, prehistory is universal history; it is the history of a human community prior to its fall into separation, into nations and races. The art of prehistory offers the earliest traces of nascent yet fully human consciousness - of consciousness not yet fully separated from natural flora and fauna nor from the energetic forces of the universe. A play of identities, the art of prehistory is the art of a consciousness struggling against itself, of a human spirit struggling against brute animal physicality. Prehistory is the cradle of humanity, the birth of tragedy." "Bataille reaches beyond disciplinary specializations to imagine a moment when thought was universal. Bataille's work provides a model for interdisciplinary inquiry in our own day, a universal imagination and thought for our own potential community. The Cradle of Humanity speaks to philosophers and historians of thought, to anthropologists interested in the history of their discipline and in new methodologies, to theologians and religious comparatists interested in the origins and nature of man's encounter with the sacred, and to art historians and aestheticians grappling with the place of prehistory in the canons of art."--Jacket
14 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in English and held by 424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture collects Georges Bataille's essays and lectures spanning thirty years of his research in anthropology, comparative religion, aesthetics, and philosophy. These were neither idle nor idyllic years; the discovery of Lascaux in 1940 coincides with the bloodiest war in history - with new machines of death, Auschwitz, and Hiroshima. Bataille's reflections on the possible origins of humanity concur with the intensified threat of its possible extinction." "For Bataille, prehistory is universal history; it is the history of a human community prior to its fall into separation, into nations and races. The art of prehistory offers the earliest traces of nascent yet fully human consciousness - of consciousness not yet fully separated from natural flora and fauna nor from the energetic forces of the universe. A play of identities, the art of prehistory is the art of a consciousness struggling against itself, of a human spirit struggling against brute animal physicality. Prehistory is the cradle of humanity, the birth of tragedy." "Bataille reaches beyond disciplinary specializations to imagine a moment when thought was universal. Bataille's work provides a model for interdisciplinary inquiry in our own day, a universal imagination and thought for our own potential community. The Cradle of Humanity speaks to philosophers and historians of thought, to anthropologists interested in the history of their discipline and in new methodologies, to theologians and religious comparatists interested in the origins and nature of man's encounter with the sacred, and to art historians and aestheticians grappling with the place of prehistory in the canons of art."--Jacket
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Related Identities
- Blanchot, Maurice Author of introduction Other Author
- Hollier, Denis Other Interviewee Author of introduction Author Editor
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm 1844-1900 Author
- Stoekl, Allan Author of introduction Other Author Editor Translator
- Winnubst, Shannon
- Derrida, Jacques
- Shaviro, Steven Author
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770-1831
- Noys, Benjamin 1969- Author
- Gasché, Rodolphe Author
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Antiquities, Prehistoric Architecture Architecture and literature Art Art, Prehistoric Authors, French Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Bataille, Georges, Blanchot, Maurice Cave paintings Criminal psychology Criticism Death Derrida, Jacques Economic history Economics Economics--Moral and ethical aspects Erotic art Erotic literature Erotic stories, French Europe European literature Fascism France France--Lascaux Cave French drama French fiction French literature French poetry French prose literature Good and evil in literature Intellectual life Lacan, Jacques, Literature, Modern Literature and society Manet, Édouard, Masochism Mysticism Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, Painters Rais, Gilles de, Religion Self Self (Philosophy) Sex (Psychology) Sex--Religious aspects Spiritual life Surrealism Surrealism (Literature) Taboo
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Alternative Names
Angélique, Pierre.
Angélique, Pierre 1897-1962
Auch, Lord
Auch Lord 1897-1962
Bataille G. 1897-1962
Bataille, G. (Georges), 1897-1962
Bataille, George
Bataille, Georges
Bataille, Jeorges 1897-1962
Bataiyu, G.
Bataiyu, G. 1897-1962
Bataiyu, Joruju
Bataiyu, Joruju 1897-1962
Bataj, Žorž 1897-1962
Bataye, Qiaozhi 1897-1962
Batāyī, Ǧūrǧ 1897-1962
George Bataille
Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille francúzsky filozof a spisovateľ
Georges Bataille Frans filosoof
Georges Bataille französischer Schriftsteller, Soziologe und Philosoph
Georges Bataille French intellectual and literary figure
Georges Bataille philosophe, bibliothécaire et poète français
Georges Bataille scrittore e filosofo francese
Georges Bataille skrivagner gallek
Georgius Bataille
Lord Auch.
Lord Auch 1897-1962
Trente, Louis.
Trente Louis 1897-1962
Tropmann
Tropmann, 1897-1962
Ƶorƶ Bataj
Батай Ж. 1897-1962
Батай, Жорж, 1897-1962
Жорж Батаj
Жорж Батай французский философ и писатель
Ժորժ Բատայ ֆրանսիացի գրող
בטאיי, ז׳ורז׳
בטאיי, ז׳ורז׳ 1897-1962
בטאיי, ז'ורז', 1897-1962
جورج باطاي
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바타유, 조르지 1897-1962
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ジョルジュ・バタイユ
バタイユ, G
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