Bøker av Georges Bataille
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The Limit of the Useful
The first English-language translation of an essential, early work key to understanding the French philosopher's later thought.
In the decade...
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Literature and Evil
‘Literature is not innocent,’ Bataille declares in the preface to this unique collection of literary profiles. ‘It is guilty and should admit...
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My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man
In these three works of erotic prose Georges Bataille fuses sex and spirituality in a highly personal and philosophical vision of the self. "My...
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The Cradle of Humanity
A radically interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins of human consciousness, community, and potential.
The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art...
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The Absence of Myth. Writings on Surrealism
Georges Bataille was one of the most provocative and controversial writers of his time. These essays, the result of profound reflection in the wake...
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Theory of Religion
Theory of Religion brings to philosophy what Georges Bataille’s earlier book The Accursed Share brought to anthropology and history, namely, an...
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Blue of Noon
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...
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Story of the Eye: By Lord Auch
Bataille's first novel, published under the pseudonym 'Lord Auch', is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy, the young...
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The Accursed Share Volume I
In this important work, Georges Bataille uses his novel economic theory as the basis for an incisive inquiry into the very nature of civilization. He...
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Erotism: Death and sensuality
Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling...
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