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COM.ONIXSUITE.9780872861909 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100204600 02 0872861902 03 9780872861909 15 9780872861909 BC 1 A01 Bataille, Georges Georges Bataille Georges Bataille was born in Billom, France, in 1897. He was a librarian by profession. Also a philosopher, novelist, and critic he was founder of the College of Sociology. Bataille died in 1962. 01 eng 188 00 188 03 03 0 03 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Art, Music, Cinema & Drama 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Philosophy 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Surrealism 01 <P>Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality-Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte to Sade, from St. Therese to Claude Levi-Strauss and Dr. Kinsey; and the subjects he covers include prostitution, mythical ecstasy, cruelty, and organized war. Investigating desire prior to and extending beyond the realm of sexuality, he argues that eroticism is "a psychological quest not alien to death.<p> 02 Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality-Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily... 08 "...one of the most original and unsettling of those thinkers who, in the wake of Sade and Nietzsche, have confronted the possibility of thought in a world that has lost its myth of transcendence." – Peter Brooks New York Times Book Review 08 "Bataille is one of the most important writers of the century." Michel Foucault 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100204600/images/87286100204600L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100204600/images/87286100204600S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100204600 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 19861001 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 19861001 01 02 16.95 USD