Pornography, Waste, and the General Economy: Selected Writings of Georges Bataille

Author: Wang Min'an
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Georges Bataille was a pioneer of French post-structuralism and an important source of contemporary French thought. Following in Nietzsche's footsteps, he launched a devastating critique of the subject, knowledge, reason, utilitarian production, and Christianity, all of which paved the way for the next generation of brilliant intellectuals—Foucault, Derrida, Baudrillard, and Kristeva. Bataille's dazzling erudition, mystical inclinations, and neurotic rejection of linguistic meaning make his texts like an obscure abyss, yet they cast a light on the transgressions of various rationalities and moralities.