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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... existence that is continuous ( in relation to their intimacy , their deep subjectivity ) , we must also perceive the need for them to attribute to it the virtues of a thing “ capable of acting , thinking , and speaking ” ( just as men ...
... existence into the world of things . To put it differently , work and the fear of dying are interdepen- dent ; the former implies the thing and vice versa . In fact it is not even necessary to work in order to be the thing of fear : man ...
... existence . And insofar as the will to clear consciousness is involved , intimacy will appear to be immediately given in the sphere of distinct knowledge . The difficulty of making distinct knowledge and the intimate order coincide is ...
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Where This Book Is Situated | 9 |
Animality | 17 |
TWO RELIGION WITHIN THE LIMITS OF REASON | 63 |
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