Georges Bataille And Contemporary Thought Will Stronge Editor by Will Stronge (editor) 9781474268691, 9781474268721, 1474268692, 1474268722 instant download after payment.

Georges Bataille’s influence upon 20th-century philosophy is hard to overstate. His work is a unique and enigmatic combination of political theory, philosophy, anthropology and economic theory. This breadth has transfixed his readers for decades – exerting a tremendous influence upon theorists such as Foucault, Blanchot, and Derrida. Today, work on Bataille is enjoying a resurgence of interest from thinkers as diverse as Giorgio Agamben, Jean-Luc Nancy and Nick Land – underlining his continual position as a cornerstone for 21st-century thought.
This is the first book to take his ambitious Accursed Share project, comprising of three volumes, as its guiding focus, with many of the essays picking out aspects of that work in which to expand upon. As well as providing readings of Bataille’s key concepts, such as animality, sovereignty, dialectics, and the sacred, this collection aims to explore new terrain and new theoretical problems. Thus, Georges Bataille and Contemporary Thought acts simultaneously as companion pieces to Bataille’s three-volume master work as well as indications as to the directions his thought can be taken in.