Name: Critical Essays: Volume 1: 1944–1948 (Volume 1) (The French List)
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Author: Georges Bataille

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Critical Essays: Volume 1: 1944–1948 (Volume 1) (The French List)

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Physical Book

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Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781803090603

Synopsis "Critical Essays: Volume 1: 1944–1948 (Volume 1) (The French List)"

This first book in a three-volume collection of Georges Bataille's essays introduces English readers to his philosophical and critical writings. In the aftermath of the Second World War, French thinker and writer Georges Bataille forged a singular path through the moral and political impasses of his age. In 1946, animated by "a need to live events in an increasingly conscious way," and to reject any compartmentalization of intellectual life, Bataille founded the journal Critique. Adopting the format of the review essay, he surveyed the post-war cultural landscape while advancing his reflections on excess, non-knowledge, and the general economy. Focusing on literature as a mode of sovereign uselessness, he tackled prominent and divisive figures such as Henry Miller and Albert Camus. In keeping with Critique's mission to explore the totality of human knowledge, Bataille's articles did not just focus on the literary but featured important reflections on the science of sexuality, the Chinese Revolution, and historical accounts of drunkenness, among other matters. Throughout, he was attuned to how humanity would deal with the excessive forces of production and destruction it had unleashed, his aim being a way of thinking and living that would inhabit that excess. This is the first of three volumes collecting Bataille's post-war essays. Beginning with an article on Nietzsche and fascism written shortly after the liberation of Paris and running to the end of 1948, these texts make available for the first time in English the systematic diversity of Bataille's post-war thought.

Georges Bataille

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Georges Bataille (1897–1962) fue un escritor, filósofo, ensayista y bibliotecario francés, reconocido por su influencia en la filosofía, la literatura y el pensamiento contemporáneo. Nació el 10 de septiembre de 1897 en Billom, Francia, y estudió en la École Nationale des Chartes, donde se especializó en paleografía y archivística. Durante gran parte de su vida trabajó como bibliotecario en la Bibliothèque nationale de France, mientras desarrollaba una intensa actividad intelectual.

Su obra aborda temas como el erotismo, la muerte, el sacrificio, lo sagrado y los límites de la experiencia humana. Entre sus libros más importantes se encuentran Historia del ojo, El erotismo, La parte maldita y La experiencia interior. Sus escritos combinan filosofía, literatura y antropología para explorar aspectos de la existencia que escapan a la razón y las normas sociales.

Bataille también fundó revistas y grupos intelectuales que reunieron a destacados artistas y pensadores de su época. Su pensamiento influyó profundamente en autores como Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida y Jean Baudrillard. Aunque sus ideas fueron consideradas controvertidas en su tiempo, hoy es una figura fundamental para comprender la filosofía francesa del siglo XX y los debates sobre la cultura, el deseo y la transgresión.

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