Erotism: Death and Sensuality
Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality—Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte to Sade, from St. Therese to Claude...
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Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality—Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte to Sade, from St. Therese to Claude Levi-Strauss and Dr. Kinsey; and the subjects he covers include prostitution, mythical ecstasy, cruelty, and organized war. Investigating desire prior to and extending beyond the realm of sexuality, he argues that eroticism is "a psychological quest not alien to death.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780872861909 (0872861902)
Publish date: January 1st 1986
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Pages no: 280
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Academic,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Erotica,
Philosophy,
Sexuality,
France,
French Literature,
Anthropology,
Death,
Theory
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