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Georges Bataille

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Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as erotism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including poststructuralism.

Books

Erotism
Erotism
Georges Bataille
Visions of Excess
Visions of Excess
Georges Bataille
The Accursed Share
The Accursed Share
Georges Bataille
Blue of Noon
Blue of Noon
Georges Bataille
Literature and Evil
Literature and Evil
Georges Bataille
Story of the Eye
Story of the Eye
Georges Bataille
Eroticism
Eroticism
Georges Bataille
On Nietzsche
On Nietzsche
Georges Bataille
Inner Experience
Inner Experience
Georges Bataille
My Mother
My Mother
Georges Bataille
The Absence of Myth
The Absence of Myth
Georges Bataille, Michael Richardson
The Tears of Eros
The Tears of Eros
Georges Bataille
Guilty
Guilty
Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille
The Solar Anus
The Solar Anus
Georges Bataille
Eroticism
Eroticism
Georges Bataille
The Sacred Conspiracy
The Sacred Conspiracy
Georges Bataille
The Impossible
The Impossible
Georges Bataille
The Limit of the Useful
The Limit of the Useful
Georges Bataille
Theory of Religion
Theory of Religion
Georges Bataille
The Dead Man
The Dead Man
Georges Bataille, Lord Ouch, Jayne Austen, Andy Masson

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