Theory of religionTheory of Religion brings to philosophy what Bataille's earlier book, The Accursed Share, brought to anthropology and history; namely, an analysis based on notions of excess and expenditure. Bataille brilliantly defines religion as so many different attempts to respond to the universe's relentless generosity. Framed within his original theory of generalized economics and based on his masterly reading of archaic religious activity, Theory of Religion constitutes, along with The Accursed Share, the most important articulation of Bataille's work. Georges Bataille (1897-1962), founder of the French review Critique, wrote fiction and essays on a wide range of topics. His books in English translation include Story of the Eye, Blue of Noon, Literature and Evil, Manet and Erotism. Robert Hurley is the translator of The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault and cotranslator of Anti Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Distributed for Zone Books. |
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as one might think, a thing because he is afraid. He would have no anguish if he
were not the individual (the thing), and it is essentially the fact of being an
individual that fuels his anguish. It is in order to satisfy the demands of the thing, it
is ...
as one might think, a thing because he is afraid. He would have no anguish if he
were not the individual (the thing), and it is essentially the fact of being an
individual that fuels his anguish. It is in order to satisfy the demands of the thing, it
is ...
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These obligatory relations are essentially those that ensure the order of things.
They sometimes take up prohibitions that were established by the intimate order (
such as the one forbidding murder). But morality chooses from among the rules of
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These obligatory relations are essentially those that ensure the order of things.
They sometimes take up prohibitions that were established by the intimate order (
such as the one forbidding murder). But morality chooses from among the rules of
...
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What is required by self-consciousness is not really the destruction of the order of
things. The intimate order cannot truly destroy the order of things (just as the
order of things has never completely destroyed the intimate order). But this real ...
What is required by self-consciousness is not really the destruction of the order of
things. The intimate order cannot truly destroy the order of things (just as the
order of things has never completely destroyed the intimate order). But this real ...
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| Título | Theory of religion |
| Autor | Georges Bataille |
| Editor | Zone Books, 1989 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 21 Jul. 2010 |
| ISBN | 0942299086, 9780942299083 |
| Largo | 126 páginas |
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