Georges Bataille





Georges Bataille

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born
December 13, 1901

died
July 08, 1962

gender
male

place of birth
Billon, Puy-de-Dôme, France

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

French essayist, philosophical theorist and novelist, often called the "metaphysician of evil." Bataille was interested in sex, death, degradation, and the power and potential of the obscene. He rejected traditional literature and considered that the ultimate aim of all intellectual, artistic, or religious activity should be the annihilation of the rational individual in a violent, transcendental act of communion. Roland Barthes, Julia Kristeva, and Philippe Sollers have all written enthusiastically about his work.




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Story of the Eye Story of the Eye
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 3.82 — 1,463 ratings — published 1977
11 editions
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Erotism: Death and Sensuality Erotism: Death and Sensuality
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 4.13 — 254 ratings — published 1957
7 editions
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Blue of Noon Blue of Noon
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 3.70 — 189 ratings — published 1978
9 editions
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Visions of Excess: Selected Wr... Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 14)
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 4.32 — 149 ratings — published 1985
4 editions
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Accursed Share, Vol. 1: Consum... Accursed Share, Vol. 1: Consumption
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 4.24 — 123 ratings — published 1991
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The Tears of Eros The Tears of Eros
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 3.96 — 112 ratings — published 1989
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My Mother, Madame Edwarda and... My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 3.92 — 102 ratings — published 1989
2 editions
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The Impossible The Impossible
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 3.93 — 89 ratings — published 1991
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Theory of Religion Theory of Religion
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 4.03 — 73 ratings — published 1989
2 editions
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L'Abbe C L'Abbe C
by Georges Bataille
avg rating 3.51 — 83 ratings — published 1972
5 editions
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"The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth."
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"I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. "
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"Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it."
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