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Visions Of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939
Georges Bataille
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Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Since the publication of Visions of Excess in 1985, there has been an explosion of interest in the work of Georges Bataille. The French surrealist continues to be important for his groundbreaking focus on the visceral, the erotic, and the relation of society to the primeval. This collection of prewar writings remains the volume in which Batailles’s positions are most clearly, forcefully, and obsessively put forward.This book challenges the notion of a “closed economy” predicated on utility, production, and rational consumption, and develops an alternative theory that takes into account the human tendency to lose, destroy, and waste. This collection ... Read more
Since the publication of Visions of Excess in 1985, there has been an explosion of interest in the work of Georges Bataille. The French surrealist continues to be important for his groundbreaking focus on the visceral, the erotic, and the relation of society to the primeval. This collection of prewar writings remains the volume in which Batailles’s positions are most clearly, forcefully, and obsessively put forward.This book challenges the notion of a “closed economy” predicated on utility, production, and rational consumption, and develops an alternative theory that takes into account the human tendency to lose, destroy, and waste. This collection ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
271
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Series
Theory & History of Literature S.
Condition
New
Weight
415g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816612833
SKU
V9780816612833
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