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portada The Limit of the Useful
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
416
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
20.6x13.8x3.6 cm
Weight
0.54 kg.
ISBN13
9780262047333

The Limit of the Useful

Georges Bataille (Author) · Cory Austin Knudson (Illustrated by) · Tomas Elliott (Illustrated by) · MIT Press · Hardcover

The Limit of the Useful - Georges Bataille

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Synopsis "The Limit of the Useful "

The first English-language translation of an essential, early work key to understanding the French philosopher's later thought. In the decade prior to the publication of Inner Experience (L'expérience intérieure), the twentieth-century French philosopher Georges Bataille produced a nascent masterwork containing some of his most original and extensive reflections on a range of subjects. With thoughts on ritual sacrifice and military conquest, the nature of laughter, and the mechanisms of capitalism, The Limit of the Useful, as Bataille had planned to title the work, illuminates the philosopher's later corpus, yet it remained unfinished and unpublished in his lifetime, and untranslated until now. This is the first English-language translation of what Cory Austin Knudson and Tomas Elliott argue is one of Bataille's most structurally consistent works. Paired with draft essays and plans for The Accursed Share, along with over a hundred pages of appendixes and notes, the volume distinctively elaborates Bataille's thought. The Limit of the Useful spans a decade of rich intellectual ferment in Bataille's life as he first formulated his challenge to capitalism, engaging with concepts and ideas in ways not seen in his other published works. The volume bridges the gap between Bataille's surrealist literary writings and later scientific pretensions, drawing attention to, and filling in, an overlooked lacuna in his oeuvre.
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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