Literature and Evil

Author: (French) Georges Bataille
Translator: Dong Chengbo
France/France
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Literature and Evil, undoubtedly, is a major topic. Through the works of great writers such as Emily Bront?, Baudelaire, Blake, Proust, and Kafka, Georges Bataille analyzes the diverse forms of evil and the intricate connection between literary passion. Georges Bataille proposes the concept of "pure evil," arguing that: high-level evil does not equate to the crime driven by selfish motives, and resorting to evil is for the sake of independent and autonomous survival—"evil possesses high value." He interrogates how and why Sade dared to push evil, this and excessive element, to the most harmful extent possible? The views of Georges Bataille are shocking, forceful, and awe-inspiring.