Georges Bataille: An Intellectual Biography - Couverture souple

Surya, Michel

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ISBN 10 : 1859841538 ISBN 13 : 9781859841532

Editeur : Verso Books, 2010

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Georges Bataille was a philosopher, writer, librarian, pornographer and a founder of the influential journals Critique and Acéphale. He has had an enormous impact on contemporary thought, influencing such writers as Barthes, Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault and Sontag. Many of his books, including the notorious Story of the Eye and the fascinating The Accursed Share, are modern classics.

In this acclaimed intellectual biography, Michel Surya gives a detailed and insightful account of Bataille’s work against the backdrop of his life – his troubled childhood, his difficult relationship with André Breton and the surrealists and his curious position as a thinker of excess, ‘potlatch’, sexual extremes and religious sacrifice, one who nonetheless remains at the heart of twentieth century French thought—all of it drawn here in rich and allusive prose. While exploring the source of the violent eroticism that laces Bataille’s novels, the book is also an acute guide to the development of Bataille’s philosophical thought. Enriched by testimonies from Bataille’s closest acquaintances and revealing the context in which he worked, Surya sheds light on a figure Foucault described as ‘one of the most important writers of the century’.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Michel Surya is a writer, philosopher, editor and director of the journal Lignes. The French edition of his book Georges Bataille was awarded the Prix Goncourt for biography.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1859841538
• ISBN 13: 9781859841532
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 604