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* ''[[Documents|Documents: doctrines, archéologie, beaux-arts, ethnographie]]'', 15 issues, Paris, 1929-31. | * ''[[Documents|Documents: doctrines, archéologie, beaux-arts, ethnographie]]'', 15 issues, Paris, 1929-31. | ||
* ''[[Acéphale|Acéphale: religion, sociologie, philosophie]]'', 4 issues, Paris, 1936-39. | * ''[[Acéphale|Acéphale: religion, sociologie, philosophie]]'', 4 issues, Paris, 1936-39. | ||
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| + | ==Literature== | ||
| + | * Benjamin Noys, [[Media:Noys_Benjamin_Georges_Bataille_A_Critical_Introduction_2000.pdf|''Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction'']], Pluto Press, 2000. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille Bataille at Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille Bataille at Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 08:22, 3 October 2014
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (1897–1962) was a French intellectual and literary figure working in literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art. Eroticism, sovereignty, and transgression are at the core of his writings. He edited Documents, Acéphale and Critique magazines.
Works
(in French unless noted)
- Manet. Études biographique et critique, Genève: Skira, 1955.
- Manet: Biographical and Critical Study, trans. Austryn Wainhouse and James Emmons, Genève: Skira, 1955, 135 pp. (in English)
- L'Erotisme, Minuit, 1957.
- Death and Sensuality. A Study of Eroticism and the Taboo, trans. Mary Dalwood, New York: Walker and Company, 1962; repr. as Erotism: Death and Sensuality, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1986, 280 pp. (in English)
- Œuvres complètes, 12 vols., Paris: Gallimard, 1970-88.
- Fred Botting, Scott Wilson (eds.), The Bataille Reader, Wiley, 1997, 368 pp. (in English)
- Editor
- Documents: doctrines, archéologie, beaux-arts, ethnographie, 15 issues, Paris, 1929-31.
- Acéphale: religion, sociologie, philosophie, 4 issues, Paris, 1936-39.
Literature
- Benjamin Noys, Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction, Pluto Press, 2000.
