Georges Bataille
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Georges Bataille was a French intellectual and writer (1897–1962) who explored provocative themes in philosophy, literature, and theory, challenging conventional ideas about taboo subjects and human experience. His work remains influential in academic circles for its radical questioning of social norms and its impact on twentieth-century thought.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1962
- Works
- 185
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- Acéphale
- La struttura psicologica del fascismo
- Le gros orteil
- Blue of Noon
- Œuvres complètes
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- Total plays
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Georges Bataille was a French writer. Although several philosophers have been significantly influenced by his thought, Bataille tended not to refer to himself as a philosopher. Bataille developed base materialism during the late 1920s and early 1930s as an attempt to break with mainstream materialism. Bataille argues for the concept of an active base matter that disrupts the opposition of high and low and destabilises all foundations. In a sense the <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Georges+Bat
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Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (/bɑːˈtaɪ/; French: [ʒɔʁʒ batɑj]; 10 September 1897 – 8 July 1962) was a French intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as eroticism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including post-structuralism.
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