Negative ecstasies : Georges Bataille and the study of religion / edited by Jeremy Biles and Kent L. Brintnall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biles, Jeremy, editor.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy

Perspectives in Continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962.

Bataille, Georges.

Religion.

Religions.

Physical Description:

xii, 311 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Despite Georges Bataille's acknowledged influence on major poststructuralist thinkers-including Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva, Lacan, Baudrillard, and Barthes-and his prominence in literary, cultural, and social theory, rarely has he been taken up by scholars of religion, even as issues of the sacred were central to his thinking. Bringing together established scholars and emerging voices, Negative Ecstasies engages Bataille from the perspective of religious studies and theology, forging links with feminist and queer theory, economics, secularism, psychoanalysis, fat studies, and ethics. As these essays demonstrate, Bataille's work bears significance to contemporary questions in the academy and vital issues in the world. We continue to ignore him at our peril. Book jacket.

Contents:

Movements of Luxurious Exuberance: Georges Bataille and Fat Politics / Lynne Gerber Gerber, Lynne 19

Sovereignty and Cruelty: Self-Affirmation, Self-Dissolution, and the Bataillean Subject / Stephen S. Bush Bush, Stephen S. 38

Erotic Ruination: Embracing the "Savage Spirituality" of Barebacking / Kent L. Brintnall Brintnall, Kent L. 51

Desire, Blood, and Power: Georges Bataille and the Study of Hindu Tantra in Northeastern India / Hugh B. Urban Urban, Hugh B. 68

The Religion of Football: Sacrifice, Festival, and Sovereignty at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa / David Chidester Chidester, David 81

Violent Silence: Noise and Bataille's "Method of Meditation" / Paul Hegarty Hegarty, Paul 95

Georges Bataille and the Religion of Capitalism / Jean-Joseph Goux Goux, Jean-Joseph 106

Sacrifice as Ethics; The Strange Religiosity of Neoliberalism / Shannon Winnubst Winnubst, Shannon 123

Bataille's Contestation of Interpretive Anthropology and the Sociology of Religion / Alphonso Lingis Lingis, Alphonso 138

The Traumatic Secret: Bataille and the Comparative Erotics of Mystical Literature / Jeffrey J. Kripal Kripal, Jeffrey J. 153

Foucault's Sacred Sociology / Mark D. Jordan Jordan, Mark D. 169

Bataille and Kristeva on Religion / Zeynep Direk Direk, Zeynep 182

Bataille, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Death of God / Allan Stoekl Stoekl, Allan 202

Does the Acéphale Dream of Headless Sheep? / Jeremy Biles Biles, Jeremy 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823265190

0823265196

9780823265206

082326520X

OCLC:

898005943