Georges Bataille

Annotation This is a clear and concise guide to the life and work of the French intellectual Georges Bataille. Benjamin Noys introduces Bataille as a writer out of step with the dominant intellectual trends of his day -- surrealism and existentialism -- and shows that it was his very marginality that accounted in large part for his subsequent importance for the post-structuralists and the counterculture, in the United States, and Europe.Treating Bataille's work as a whole rather than focusing on particular aspects, Noys' study is intended to be sensitive to the needs of students new to Bataille's work. At the same time, it draws on the latest research on Bataille to offer new interpretations of Bataille's oeuvre for more experienced readers. This is the first clear, introductory reading of Bataille in English, and it challenges current reductive readings and stresses the range of disciplines affected by Bataille's work, at a time when interest in Bataille is growing.

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May, 2000

May, 2000

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