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Œuvres complètes #1

Œuvres complètes, tome I : Premiers Écrits, 1922–1940

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Né à Billom (Puy-de-Dôme) en 1897, mort à Paris en 1962. Les faits marquants de sa vie (adhésion au catholicisme, puis perte de la foi, expérience de la psychanalyse, engagement au Cercle communiste démocratique, lutte contre le fascisme, fondation d'un Collège de Sociologie et, plus tard, de la revue Critique) se retrouvent dans une œuvre inclassable, très variée, constituée d'essais, de récits et de poèmes.

696 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 1970

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Georges Bataille

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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.

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