{"product_id":"georges-bataille-key-concepts-paperback","title":"Georges Bataille: Key Concepts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Hewson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarcus Coelen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorges Bataille (1897 - 1962) was a philosopher, writer, and literary critic whose work has had a significant impact across disciplines as diverse as philosophy, sociology, economics, art history and literary criticism, as well as influencing key figures in post-modernist and post-structuralist philosophy such as Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault. In recent years, the number of works published on Georges Bataille, as well as the variety of contexts in which his work is invoked, has markedly increased.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGeorges Bataille: Key Concepts\u003c\/i\u003e an international team of contributors provide an accessible introduction to and survey of Bataille's thought. The editors' introduction provides an overview of Bataille's work, while the chapters in the first section cover the social, political, artistic and philosophical contexts that shaped his thought. In the second part, each chapter engages with a key theme in Bataille's philosophy, including: art, eroticism, evil, inner experience, heterology, religion, sacrifice, and sovereignty. The final chapter addresses Bataille's literary writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorges Bataille: Key Concepts is an invaluable guide for students from across the Humanities and Social Sciences, coming to Bataille's work for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Giulia Agostini, Elisabeth Arnould-Bloomfield, Tiina Arppe, Marcus Coelen, Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi, Patrick ffrench, Marina Galletti, Nadine Hartmann, Mark Hewson, Andrew Hussey, Stuart Kendall, Claire Nioche, Gerhard Poppenberg, and Michèle Richman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Hewson\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy and at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlanchot and Literary Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and of articles on Wordsworth, Mallarmé and the history of literary criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarcus Coelen\u003c\/strong\u003e is an affiliate of ICI Berlin, and a practicing psychoanalyst. He is the author of a study on Proust and the problem of aesthetic judgment in the \u003ci\u003eRecherche\u003c\/i\u003e, and several translations and editions in German of texts by Maurice Blanchot. He is a co-editor (with Felix Ennslin, Johannes Klein Beck and Claire Nioche) of the book series \u003ci\u003eNeue Subjektile\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42738606735423,"sku":"9781138908567","price":77.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/46c0f4f7b090034157458c4074ed2240.webp?v=1765153901","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/georges-bataille-key-concepts-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}