Thought as experience in Bataille, Cioran, and Rosset / Joseph Acquisto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acquisto, Joseph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962--Criticism and interpretation.

Bataille, Georges.

Rosset, Clément--Criticism and interpretation.

Rosset, Clément.

Cioran, E. M. (Emile M.), 1911-1995--Criticism and interpretation.

Cioran, E. M.

Self in literature.

Thought and thinking in literature.

French literature--20th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

"Acquisto analyzes the writings of Georges Bataille, Emil Cioran, and Clément Rosset during and shortly after the Second World War, which address the question of what it means to think and to constitute oneself as a thinking subject. He argues that Bataille and Cioran adopt an anti-systematic approach, using fragmentary writing to turn answers about subject-object relations into questions. This is in contrast to Rosset's affirmation of the inaccessibility of the real. Bringing together thinkers that have seldom been discussed jointly, this book examines the affective dimensions of thought as experience, considering the political stakes of postwar thought as "out of order" with what came before"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction 1. Georges Bataille: Thinking as Anguished Adventure 2. Emil Cioran: Thinking Against Oneself 3. Cl ment Rosset: Thinking the Real Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798765111499

9798765111505

9798765111482

OCLC:

1420042968