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Theory of Religion by Georges Bataille
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Zone Bks.
Theory of Religion brings to philosophy what Georges Bataille's earlier book The Accursed Share brought to anthropology and history, namely, an analysis based on notions of excess and expenditure. No other work of Bataille's, and perhaps no other work anywhere since Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spir ...Show more
Trial of Gilles De Rais by GEORGES BATAILLE
Category: Fiction
Georges Bataille presents the case of the most infamous villain of the Middle Ages: Gilles de Rais. Fascinated with the depths of human experience - the meeting points of sexuality, violence, ritual, spirituality, and death - Bataille examines with dispassionate clarity the legendary crimes, trials and ...Show more