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A study of violence and the image in the work of Bataille, Agamben and Girard, thinkers who aim to explain the basis of society and culture in the context of power and the sacred.

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"One of the great undisclosed threads in contemporary theory lies in the connection between thinkers seemingly as diverse as Bataille, Agamben and Girard. Though each deals in their writing with sacrifice, victimization and violence, rarely do we find these thinkers conjoined in a study of their shared and divergent perspectives. What Lechte delivers in these pages is a highly original presentation of how a critical analysis of these thinkers might assist us in finding the truth behind the images routinely presented in our world. This is an insight, he successfully argues, which can only be illuminated by addressing how the mechanisms of sacrifice and violence ceaselessly continue to function behind nearly everything we see." -Colby Dickinson, Loyola University Chicago

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 31/05/2023
      ISBN13: 9781399519779, 978-1399519779
      ISBN10: 1399519778
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of violence and the image in the work of Bataille, Agamben and Girard, thinkers who aim to explain the basis of society and culture in the context of power and the sacred.

      Trade Review
      "One of the great undisclosed threads in contemporary theory lies in the connection between thinkers seemingly as diverse as Bataille, Agamben and Girard. Though each deals in their writing with sacrifice, victimization and violence, rarely do we find these thinkers conjoined in a study of their shared and divergent perspectives. What Lechte delivers in these pages is a highly original presentation of how a critical analysis of these thinkers might assist us in finding the truth behind the images routinely presented in our world. This is an insight, he successfully argues, which can only be illuminated by addressing how the mechanisms of sacrifice and violence ceaselessly continue to function behind nearly everything we see." -Colby Dickinson, Loyola University Chicago

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