The Sunday of the negative : reading Bataille, reading Hegel / Christopher M. Gemerchak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gemerchak, Christopher M.

Series:

SUNY series in Hegelian studies

SUNY series in Hegelian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962.

Bataille, Georges.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831--Influence.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Philosophy, French--20th century.

Philosophy, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although often considered an esoteric figure occupying the dark fringes of twentieth-century thought, Georges Bataille was a pivotal precursor to a generation of poststructuralist and postmodern thinkers—including Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault, Lacan, and Lyotard. The Sunday of the Negative provides the most extensive English-language investigation of Bataille's critical treatment of the thought of Hegel, focusing on the notions of subjectivity, desire, self-consciousness, knowledge, and the experience of the divine. The book spans all of Bataille's writings, patiently navigating even the most obscure texts. The author explains how Bataille's notion of self-consciousness both derives from, and is an alternative to, that of Hegel. Disclosing the origins of Bataille's most influential concepts, the book moves across philosophy proper to include reflections on anthropology, economics, cultural criticism, poetry, eroticism, mysticism, and religion.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One

Beyobd the Serious

The End of Utility

Part Two

Logomachy

Mysticism, Eroticism, and the Sacrificial Ruse

Laughter—In Place of a Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-285) and index.

ISBN:

9780791487297

0791487296

9781417538751

1417538759

OCLC:

61367672