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'''Georges''' Albert Maurice Victor '''Bataille''' (10 September 1897 – 9 July 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. Editor of [[Documents]] magazine.
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'''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]]'' and ''[[Acéphale]]'' magazines.
  
==Literature==
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==Works==
* ''L'Erotisme'', 1957.
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(in French unless noted)
** [http://www.totuusradio.fi/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Bataille-Death-and-Sensuality.pdf ''Erotism: Death and Sensuality. A Study of Eroticism and the Taboo''], New York: Walker and Company, 1986 (in English).
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* ''Manet. Études biographique et critique'', Genève: Skira, 1955.
* ''Œuvres complètes", Paris: Gallimard, 12 volumes, 1970-1988.
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** ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10782 Manet: Biographical and Critical Study]'', trans. Austryn Wainhouse and James Emmons, Genève: Skira, 1955, 135 pp. (in English)
* ''Théorie de la Religion'', 1973.
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 L'Erotisme]'', Minuit, 1957.
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** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 ''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)
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* ''Œuvres complètes'', 12 vols., Paris: Gallimard, 1970-88.
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* Fred Botting, Scott Wilson (eds.), ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6118 The Bataille Reader]'', Wiley, 1997, 368 pp. (in English)
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==See also==
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* [[Documents]]
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* [[Acéphale]]
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille Bataille at Wikipedia]

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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 and Acéphale magazines.

Works

(in French unless noted)

See also

Links