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Theory of Religion

By Georges Bataille

Book information

Year
1992
ISBN
0942299094, 9780942299090
LCC
BL48 .B3713 1989
Open Library ID
OL2043725M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2585655 bytes)
Pages
128\63
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Theory 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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