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Eroticism
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Eroticism
Linking the underlying sexual basis of religion to death, this title offers an array of insights into incest, prostitution, marriage, murder, sadism, sacrifice and violence, as well as includes comments on Freud, Sade and Saint Theresa.
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An influential exploration of sex and its surrounding taboos.
A philosopher, essayist, novelist, pornographer, and fervent Catholic who came to regard the brothels of Paris as his true 'churches', Georges Bataille ranks among the boldest and most disturbing of twentieth-century thinkers. In this influential study, he links the underlying sexual basis of religion to death, offering a dazzling array of insights into incest, prostitution, marriage, murder, sadism, sacrifice, and violence. It also includes comments on Freud, Sade, and Saint Theresa.
Everywhere, Eroticism argues, sex is surrounded by taboos, which we must continually transgress in order to overcome the sense of isolation that faces us all.
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Eroticism by Georges Bataille delves into the human condition, exploring themes of desire and the profound conflict inherent in reality. Jean-Paul Sartre comments on Bataille's focus not on human nature itself, but rather on the existential struggles that define our existence.
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ISBN: 9780141195568
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 June 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by Mary Dalwood
- Translated by Mary Dalwood
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 238g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Georges Bataille, French essayist and novelist, was born in 1897. He converted to Catholicism, then to Marxism, and was interested in psychoanalysis and mysticism. As curator of the municipal library in Orleans, he led a relatively simple life, although he became involved, usually on the fringes, with the surrealist movement. He founded the literary review Critique in 1946, which he edited until his death in 1962, and was also a founder of the review Documents, which published many of the leading surrealist writers. His writing is a mixture of poetry and philosophy, fantasy and history, and his first novel, Story of the Eye, was written under the pseudonym of Lord Auch. Bataille's other works include the novels Blue of Noon, L'Abbe C and My Mother, and the volumes of essays Eroticism and Literature and Evil.
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