Theory of Religion
by Georges Bataille
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Read in September, 2005
recommended to Katie by:
the titlerecommends it for: no one - it has to summon you
This book is everything to me. I love it like a person. The thoughts and concepts move around the pages like sentient beings, constantly keeping you in a state of spiritual flux. For this reason, it took me five years to finish a book not even 150 pages long. I went through so many revelations while reading this, and at a most important period of life (between ages 20 to 25). I know his family was clinically insane for the most part and Bataille himself is considered highly dubious by many, but ...more
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Read in March, 2005
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Phil Hartrecommends it for: anyone who likes philosophy
This is possibly my favorite book of philosophy, or, in the very least, the most influential piece of philosophical writing, that I have read to date, in regards to my own views about the world. Bataille is not writing about religion specifically in "Theory of Religion" but is instead examining the human condition within the world. To Bataille that condition is one of lost intimacy. As he says we are no longer like the animal which moves through the world "like water through wa...more
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Read in January, 2000
Terrific! Bataille and a lot of acid will really twist your brain in ways you might not like but which are necessary for your personal development. Seriously, guys.
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