Critical Essays - Volume 1, 1944-1948 | Buch

Cover: 9781803090603 | Critical Essays - Volume 1, 1944-1948 | Alberto Toscano (u. a.) | Buch

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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.

Über den Autor

Georges Bataille (1897-1962) was a French thinker, writer, and critic. Among his most celebrated works are Story of the Eye and Literature and Evil. Alberto Toscano teaches and researches at Goldsmiths at the University of London and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Benjamin Noys is professor of critical theory at the University of Chichester. He is the author of several books, including Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction. Chris Turner is a translator and writer living in Birmingham, UK. He has translated numerous books from French and German, including, for Seagull Books, titles by Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes, André Gorz, Yves Bonnefoy, and Pascal Quignard, among others.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Allgemeine Lexika , Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13:	9781803090603
ISBN-10:	180309060X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Toscano, Alberto Noys, Benjamin Turner, Chris Bataille, Georges
Redaktion:	Noys, Benjamin
Übersetzung:	Turner, Chris
Hersteller:	Seagull Books London Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	231 x 160 x 31 mm
Von/Mit:	Alberto Toscano (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.05.2023
Gewicht:	0,696 kg