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Bataille
A Critical Reader
Fred Botting (Edited by), Scott Wilson (Edited by)
9780631199571, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 10 October 1997
236 pages
25 x 20 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg
"Bataille: A Critical Reader is a careful selection of some of the best and most interesting critical work on this elusive and often obscure thinker." University of Sussex
An elegant introduction to Bataille's major concepts and concerns, Bataille: A Critical Reader underlines the powerful impact his work has had, in different ways, on an entire generation of thinkers.
Acknowledgements. Introduction: Fred Botting and Scott Wilson. 1. Preface to Transgression: Michel Foucault. 2. Affirmation and the Passion of Negative Thought: Maurice Blanchot. 3. The Dualist Materialism of George Bataille: Denis Hollier. 4. The Roof: Essay in Systematic Reading: Philippe Sollers. 5. From Restricted to General Economy: A Hegelianism Without Reserve: Jacques Derrida. 6. Death in Bataille: Jean Baudrillard. 7. The Laughter of Being: Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen. 8. The French Path to Postmodernity: Bataille between Eroticism and General Economics: Jürgen Habermas. 9. When Bataille Attacked the Metaphysical Principle of Economy: Jean Baudrillard. 10. General Economics and Postmodern Capitalism: Jean-Joseph Goux. Bibliography. Index.
Subject Areas: Language: reference & general [CB]
