Bataille
A Critical Reader
Blackwell Critical Reader
1. Auflage Oktober 1997
236 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-19957-1
John Wiley & Sons
An elegant introduction to Bataille's major concepts and concerns, Bataille: A Critical Reader underlines the powerful impact his work has had, in different ways, on an entire generation of thinkers.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Fred Botting and Scott Wilson.
1. Preface to Transgression: Michel Foucault.
2. Affirmation and the Passion of Negative Thought: Maurice
Blanchot.
3. The Dualist Materialism of George Bataille: Denis
Hollier.
4. The Roof: Essay in Systematic Reading: Philippe Sollers.
5. From Restricted to General Economy: A Hegelianism Without
Reserve: Jacques Derrida.
6. Death in Bataille: Jean Baudrillard.
7. The Laughter of Being: Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen.
8. The French Path to Postmodernity: Bataille between Eroticism
and General Economics: Jürgen Habermas.
9. When Bataille Attacked the Metaphysical Principle of Economy:
Jean Baudrillard.
10. General Economics and Postmodern Capitalism: Jean-Joseph
Goux.
Bibliography.
Index.
Introduction: Fred Botting and Scott Wilson.
1. Preface to Transgression: Michel Foucault.
2. Affirmation and the Passion of Negative Thought: Maurice
Blanchot.
3. The Dualist Materialism of George Bataille: Denis
Hollier.
4. The Roof: Essay in Systematic Reading: Philippe Sollers.
5. From Restricted to General Economy: A Hegelianism Without
Reserve: Jacques Derrida.
6. Death in Bataille: Jean Baudrillard.
7. The Laughter of Being: Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen.
8. The French Path to Postmodernity: Bataille between Eroticism
and General Economics: Jürgen Habermas.
9. When Bataille Attacked the Metaphysical Principle of Economy:
Jean Baudrillard.
10. General Economics and Postmodern Capitalism: Jean-Joseph
Goux.
Bibliography.
Index.
"Bataille: A Critical Reader is a careful selection of some of the best and most interesting critical work on this elusive and often obscure thinker." University of Sussex
Fred Botting and Scott Wilson both teach in the Department of English at Lancaster University. They are co-editors of The Bataille Reader (1997), a companion also from Blackwell to the Critical Reader. Fred Bottings publications include Gothic (1996). Scott Wilson is the author of Cultural Materialism: Theory and Practice (Blackwell Publishers, 1995).
