false 152126 3 <P>Tears of Eros is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred. Taking up such figures as Giles de Rais, Erzebet Bathory, the Marquis de Sade, El Greco, Gustave Moreau, Andre Breton, Voodoo practitioners, and Chinese torture victims, Bataille reveals their common obsession: death.</P> <P>This essay, illustrated with artwork from every era, was developed out of ideas explored in Erotism: Death and Sexuality and Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux or the Birth of Art. In it Bataille examines death-the ""little death"" that follows sexual climax, the proximate death in sadomasochistic practices, and death as part of religious ritual and sacrifice.</P> <P>Georges Bataille was born in Billom, France, in 1897. He was a librarian by profession. Also a philosopher, novelist, and critic he was founder of the College of Sociology. In 1959, Bataille began Tears of Eros, and it was completed in 1961, his final work. Bataille died in 1962.</P> 146838 1 12 1989 The Tears of Eros total:132|5:42|4:49|3:38|2:1|1:2| 132 524 215 9 5 1 false false Sun Nov 04 22:56:10 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 28 18:21:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 06 21:39:09 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 21:40:01 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 13 11:15:43 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 11:15:43 -0700 2007 exactly. really, I didn't understand a word he was saying but I looked impossibly chic while reading it.]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 27 10:01:31 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 06 11:43:03 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jun 03 07:37:04 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 07:38:05 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Jul 26 13:52:08 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 13:52:46 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Jun 03 06:26:50 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 20:23:02 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Thu Mar 06 17:25:25 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 17:25:45 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 20:52:02 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 20:52:16 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 18:34:34 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 18:34:34 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 10:20:42 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 10:20:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 07:36:27 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 07:36:27 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 01:52:41 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 01:52:45 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 24 15:28:43 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 15:28:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 16:04:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 16:04:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 20:36:19 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 20:36:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 06 03:45:45 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 03:45:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 13:51:51 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 13:51:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 20 09:25:48 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 09:25:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 19:27:58 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 19:27:58 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=152126