{"product_id":"the-bataille-reader-9780631199588","title":"The Bataille Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis reader includes key texts from the broad spectrum of Bataille's work, from the early essays interrogating surrealism and cultural politics in the 1930s, down to texts from The Accursed Share (1949), a major engagement in post-Marxist economic theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBataille: A Critical Reader \u003c\/i\u003eis a careful selection of some of the best and most interesting critical work on this elusive and often obscure thinker.\" \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Sussex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: From Experience to Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Inner Experience:\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Chance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Laughter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Torment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Autobiographical Note.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Heterology:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Program (Relative to \u003ci\u003eAcéphale).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Psychological Structure of Fascism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Use-Value of D. A. F. de Sade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Base Materialism and Gnosticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: General Economy:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Notion of Expenditure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Meaning of General Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Laws of General Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Gift of Rivalry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Sacrifice, the Festival and the Principles of the Sacred World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Eroticism:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. \u003ci\u003eMme Edwarda.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Preface to the History of Eroticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Festival, or the Transgression of Prohibitions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. The Phaedra Complex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Desire Horrified at Losing and at Losing Oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. The Object of Desire and the Totality of the Real.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Epilogue to the History of Eroticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Sovereignty:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. To Whom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Hegel, Death and Sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Letter to X.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Knowledge of Sovereignty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. The Schema of Sovereignty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Un-knowing and its Consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Un-knowing and Rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. On Nietzsche: The Will to Chance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037251141975,"sku":"9780631199588","price":95.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631199588.jpg?v=1750934993","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bataille-reader-9780631199588","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}