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The thirst for annihilation : Georges Bataille and virulent nihilism : an essay in atheistic religion / Nick Land.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Land, Nick, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962--Philosophy.
- Bataille, Georges.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Influence.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
- Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962.
- Nihilism (Philosophy) in literature.
- Atheism in literature.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 223 pages.)
- Other Title:
- Georges Bataille and virulent nihilism
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A sociologist, philosopher, literary theorist and fiction writer, who referred to himself as "a saint, perhaps a madman," George Bataille made a habit of exploding the categories which we use to order our business of everyday life. This strange yet lucidly written book is not so much an interpretation of his style of thought and ideas, but rather, a no-holds barred attempt to pursue Bataille's ideas to their conclusion. The result is an analysis of Bataille through the application of his style of thought and ideas rather than through more conventional methods of academic argument. Addressing such deviance, political and legal theory, the history of religion or poetry, Land proves that to write discursively about Bataille it is sufficient to be a scholar, but to spread the virulent horror of his writings, it is necessary to be an uncompromising devotee of Bataille's thought.
- Contents:
- 1. 'The death of sound philosophy'
- - 2. The curse of the sun
- - 3. Transgression
- - 4. Easter
- - 5. Dead God
- - 6. The rage of jealous time
- - 7. Fanged noumenon (passion of the cyclone)
- - 8. Fluent bodies (a digression on Miller)
- - 9. Aborting the human race
- - 10. The labyrinth
- - 11. Inconclusive communication.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780203411902
- 0203411900
- Publisher Number:
- 99984103715
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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