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Georges Bataille

Born

in Billon, Puy-de-Dôme, France

September 10, 1897

Died

July 09, 1962

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Philosophy

Influences

Friderich Nietzsche, De Sade, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, Alexandre Kojè ...more

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French essayist, philosophical theorist, and novelist, often called the "metaphysician of evil." Bataille was interested in sex, death, degradation, and the power and potential of the obscene. He rejected traditional literature and considered that the ultimate aim of all intellectual, artistic, or religious activity should be the annihilation of the rational individual in a violent, transcendental act of communion. Roland Barthes, Julia Kristeva, and Philippe Sollers have all written enthusiastically about his work. ...more

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Georges Bataille’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 65,269 ratings · 6,302 reviews · 234 distinct works • Similar authors

	Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 25,431 ratings — published 1928 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Erotism: Death and Sensuality by Georges Bataille, Mary Dalwood (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 4,130 ratings — published 1957 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue of Noon by Georges Bataille, Harry Mathews (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 3,428 ratings — published 1935 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy, Volume I: Consumption by Georges Bataille, Robert Hurley (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 2,227 ratings — published 1949 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literature and Evil by Georges Bataille, Alastair Hamilton (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 1,540 ratings — published 1957 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927–1939 by Georges Bataille, Allan Stoekl (Editor, translator, introduction), Carl R. Lovitt (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 1,199 ratings — published 1985 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Mother / Madame Edwarda / The Dead Man 3.90 avg rating — 1,273 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tears of Eros by Georges Bataille, Peter Connor (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 1,144 ratings — published 1961 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inner Experience by Georges Bataille, Leslie Anne Boldt-Irons (Translator, introduction) 4.13 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 1943 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theory of Religion 3.94 avg rating — 832 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Georges Bataille

Œuvres complètes (12 books)
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Georges Bataille,

Krzysztof Jarosz (Translator)

4.42 avg rating — 45 ratings

Quotes by Georges Bataille (?)

“I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.”
― Georges Bataille, Violent Silence: Celebrating Georges Bataille

tags: contradiction, truth

1014 likes

“The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth.”
― Georges Bataille

442 likes

“A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism.”
― Georges Bataille

tags: cannibalism

290 likes

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