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Book SynopsisSince the publication in France of his
Oeuvres Completes in the mid-1970s, the breadth of Bataille''s writing and influence has become increasingly apparent across the disciplines in, for example, the fields of literature, art, art history, philosophy, critical theory, sociology, economics, and anthropology.
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University of SussexTable of ContentsAcknowledgements.
Introduction: From Experience to Economy.
Part I: Inner Experience: .
1. Chance.
2. Guilt.
3. Laughter.
4. The Torment.
5. Christ.
6. Love.
7. Life.
8. Poetry.
9. Autobiographical Note.
Part II: Heterology:.
10. Program (Relative to Acéphale).
11. The Psychological Structure of Fascism.
12. The Use-Value of D. A. F. de Sade.
13. Base Materialism and Gnosticism.
Part III: General Economy:.
14. The Notion of Expenditure.
15. The Meaning of General Economy.
16. Laws of General Economy.
17. The Gift of Rivalry.
18. Sacrifice, the Festival and the Principles of the Sacred World.
Part IV: Eroticism:.
19. Mme Edwarda.
20. Preface to the History of Eroticism.
21. Death.
22. The Festival, or the Transgression of Prohibitions.
23. The Phaedra Complex.
24. Desire Horrified at Losing and at Losing Oneself.
25. The Object of Desire and the Totality of the Real.
26. Epilogue to the History of Eroticism.
Part V: Sovereignty:.
27. To Whom.
28. Hegel, Death and Sacrifice.
29. Letter to X.
30. Knowledge of Sovereignty.
31. The Schema of Sovereignty.
32. Un-knowing and its Consequences.
33. Un-knowing and Rebellion.
34. On Nietzsche: The Will to Chance.
Bibliography.
Index.
