Theory of ReligionZone Books, 1989 - 126 páginas 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 Spirit of Capitalism, has managed to draw so incisively the links between man’s religious and economic activities. |
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... never given the possibility of regarding itself in this way . Elements of this situation can be grasped by human intelligence , but the animal cannot realize them . Dependence and Independence of the Animal It is true that the animal ...
... never imagine things without consciousness except arbitrarily , since we and imagine imply consciousness , our conscious- ness , adhering indelibly to their presence . We can doubt- less tell ourselves that this adhesion is fragile , in ...
... never offer anything but a slippery possibility to the mind ( which must always answer at the same time to two ir- reconcilable demands : lift and preserve the order of things ) . A richer possibility , providing adequate displacements ...
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Where This Book Is Situated | 9 |
Animality | 17 |
TWO RELIGION WITHIN THE LIMITS OF REASON | 63 |
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