Georges Bataille | |
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 Bataille in 1943 | |
| Born | Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille 10 September 1897 Billom, France |
| Died | 8 July 1962 (aged 64) Paris, France |
| Education | École Nationale des Chartes (B.A., 1922) |
| Notable work | L'Abbé C, Blue of Noon, Story of the Eye, The Accursed Share, The Solar Anus, Inner Experience |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy French Nietzscheanism[a] |
Main interests | Eroticism, theory of sovereignty, sacredness, mysticism, surrealism, transgression, literary criticism |
Notable ideas | Base Materialism, limit-experience, "solar economy",[1] "general economy" |
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Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (/bɑːˈtaɪ/; French: [ʒɔʁʒ batɑj]; 10 September 1897 – 8 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as eroticism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including poststructuralism.[2]
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- ^ Meiches, Benjamin (2020). "Wars of excess: Georges Bataille, solar economy, and the accident in the age of precision war". Security Dialogue. 51 (2–3): 268–284. doi:10.1177/0967010619887845. S2CID 214220165.
- ^ Michael Richardson, Georges Bataille: Essential Writings, SAGE, 1998, p. 232.