Georges Bataille: Core Cultural Theorist (Core Cultural Theorists series) Book

Long recognized in France as a central figure in French cultural thought, the range and significance of Batille's ideas are now being grasped in the English speaking world. For much of the post-war period, Bataille was dismissed as an oddball. However, his influence on Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva and Baudrillard is now more clearly understood. Bataille has emerged as a front-rank cultural theorist who posed questions and paradoxes that were extraordinarily prescient.This book demonstrates why Bataille should be regarded as a significant figure. It offers a comprehensive and detailed presentation and analysis of the full range of his writings - political, philosophical, aesthetic, literary, anthropological and cultural. And tackles his thoughts on waste, sacrifice, death, eroticism, surplus, ecstasy and drunkenness, offering the best available guide to this challenging and utterly unique thinker.The book will be of interest to students of cultural studies, sociology, philosophy and French studies.Read More