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Georges Bataille
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French intellectual and literary figure (1897–1962)
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Georges Bataille was a French male author born on September 10, 1897, and died on July 9, 1962. His literary output includes 185 works, with notable titles such as *Acéphale*, *La struttura psicologica del fascismo*, *Le gros orteil*, and *Blue of Noon*. The collection *Œuvres complètes* is also listed among his top works.
Bataille’s writings have been referenced in 847 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him reads, "Love then screams in my own throat; I am the Jesuve, the filthy parody of the torrid and blinding sun." His musical recordings have accumulated 3,044 plays from 169 listeners.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1962
- Works
- 185
Top works
- Droit romain:- Fonctions du curateur du fou et du prodigue
- Acéphale
- La struttura psicologica del fascismo
- Le gros orteil
- Blue of Noon
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1897-09-10
- Active to
- 1962-07-09
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 169
- Total plays
- 3,044
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
· 2018 · cited 8,297x
- Dynamical mean-field theory of strongly correlated fermion systems and the limit of infinite dimensions
· 1996 · cited 6,411x
- Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,511x
- Preexposure Chemoprophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Men Who Have Sex with Men
· 2010 · cited 4,372x
- Host–microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease
· 2012 · cited 4,298x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “It is clear that the world is purely parodic, in other words, that each thing seen is the parody of another, or is the same thing in a deceptive form.”
- “Love then screams in my own throat; I am the Jesuve, the filthy parody of the torrid and blinding sun.”
- “The big toe is the most human part of the human body, in the sense that no other element of this body is as differentiated from the corresponding element of the (chimpanzee, gorilla and orangutan).”
- “The human foot is commonly subjected to grotesque tortures that deform it and make it rickety. In an imbecilic way it is doomed to corns, calluses, and bunions.”
- “Love expresses a need for sacrifice each unity must lose itself in some other which exceeds it. In erotic frenzy the being is led to tear itself apart and lose itself.”
- “There is no communication more profound,” he claims. “[T]wo beings are lost in a convulsion that binds them together. But they only communicate when losing a part of themselves. Communication ties them together with wounds, where their unity and integrity dissipate in fever.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
~22 min read
Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
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