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Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille ( / bɑːˈtaɪ /; French: [ʒɔʁʒ batɑj]; 10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art.
- École Nationale des Chartes (B.A., 1922)
Feb 15, 2024 · Georges Bataille (born Sept. 10, 1897, Billom, France—died July 9, 1962, Paris) was a French librarian and writer whose essays, novels, and poetry expressed his fascination with eroticism, mysticism, and the irrational. He viewed excess as a way to gain personal “sovereignty.”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 12, 2022 · Who Was Georges Bataille? Discover His Philosophy of Transgression. Georges Bataille’s style of literature and philosophy sought to capture and celebrate extremity, excess, and the shattering of taboos. Nov 12, 2022 • By Moses May-Hobbs, BA Art History w/ Philosophy Concentration.
May 2, 2017 · Georges Bataille‘s (1897-1962) work is antisystematic and hence defies summary, but a number of important themes predominate within it. These themes include an obsessive concern with the erotic, myth, sacrifice, the nature of excess, profanity, heterogeneity and social transgression.
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Feb 19, 2024 · Georges Bataille was arguably the greatest influence on the poststructuralist revolution in twentieth-century thought and literature, yet few truly understand his work and legacy. Stuart Kendall now translates the work and life of this renowned French writer, anthropologist, and philosopher into a concise yet informative biography that reveals ...
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- 2018
Georges Bataille (September 10, 1897 – July 9, 1962) was a French writer, anthropologist, and philosopher, though he avoided this last term himself.
Georges Bataille, an influential French philosopher and author, was born on September 10, 1897, in Billon, Puy-de-Dôme, central France.