{"product_id":"reading-bataille-now-paperback-softback-9780253218827","title":"Reading Bataille Now (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253218827","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading Bataille Now\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShannon Winnubst (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253218827\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 January 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Winnubst (Southwestern Univ.) has assembled a fine collection of 12 essays by a range of scholars in the humanities who have managed to bring important and new perspectives to the work of the French philosopher and writer Georges Bataille. . . . This is an important collection of essays, and one usefully compared to others such as L. A. Boldt-Irons's On Bataille (1995). This book will have massive appeal for scholars and students in the humanities, especially philosophy and literature, but also for those in the social sciences, including political theory. . . . Highly recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eReviled and fetishized, the work of Georges Bataille (1897–1962) has been most often reduced to his outrageous, erotic, and libertine fiction and essays. But increasingly, readers are finding his insights into politics, economics, sexuality, and performance revealing and timely. Focusing on Bataille's most extensive work, The Accursed Share, Shannon Winnubst and the contributors to this volume present contemporary interpretations that read Bataille in a new light. These essays situate Bataille in French and European intellectual traditions, bring forward key concepts for understanding the challenges posed by his important work, and draw out his philosophy. Established voices and younger scholars cover a range of topics and themes, including ethics, politics, economy, psychology, and performance so readers can think with and through Bataille. While focusing attention on Bataille and his provocative work, this book offers a sympathetic, yet critical, reappraisal and rehabilitation.\u003cbr\u003e Contributors are Alison Leigh Brown, Andrew Cutrofello, Zeynep Direk, Jesse Goldhammer, Dorothy Holland, Pierre Lamarche, Richard A. Lee, Jr., Alphonso Lingis, Ladelle McWhorter, Lucio A. Privitello, Allan Stoekl, Amy Wendling, and Shannon Winnubst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Foreword: Why Bataille Now?Alphonso Lingis\u003cbr\u003e IntroductionShannon Winnubst\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Situating Bataille\u003cbr\u003e 1. Dare to Know, Dare to Sacrifice: Georges Bataille and the Crisis of the LeftJesse Goldhammer\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sovereign Consumption as a Species of Communist Theory: Reconceptualizing Energy Amy E. Wendling\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Use Value of G.A.M.V. BataillePierre Lamarche\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Pleasures and the Myth of Transgression\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bataille's Queer Pleasures: The Universe as Spider or SpitShannon Winnubst\u003cbr\u003e 5. Erotic Experience and Sexual Difference in BatailleZeynep Direk\u003cbr\u003e 6. Malvolio's RevengeAlison Leigh Brown\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Bodies and Animality\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Private Life of Birds: From a Restrictive to a General Economy of ReasonLadelle McWhorter\u003cbr\u003e 8. S\/laughter and Anima-letheLucio Angelo Privitello\u003cbr\u003e 9. Bodies at Play: A General Economy of PerformanceDorothy Holland\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Sovereign Politics\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Accursed Share and The Merchant of VeniceAndrew Cutrofello\u003cbr\u003e 11. Politics and the Thing: Excess as the Matter of PoliticsRichard A. Lee Jr.\u003cbr\u003e 12. Excess and Depletion: Bataille's Surprisingly Ethical Model of ExpenditureAllan Stoekl\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670841979160,"sku":"9780253218827","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-bataille-now-paperback-softback-9780253218827","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}