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challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
If you've ever been seduced by the menstruating corpse of your sibling, then this is the book for you.
Think of all the thinkers, theorists and philosophers that has made you sure humanity would be better off, if we nuked the planet from orbit. Have you list? Georges Bataille has read them as well, and he liked what he read.
At it root, these two volumes deal with transgression, sovereignty and the link between them. Although, as Bataille does best, he also manages to talk about everything else that pops into his head. But somehow it all makes some kind of sense.
The base materialism and borderline divine subjectivity proposed in these texts might be new and shocking, but in their ontological transgressions they're at their most enlightening. You might not agree with Bataille, but he demands your attention and holds it until you've formed an opinion on his work.
Think of all the thinkers, theorists and philosophers that has made you sure humanity would be better off, if we nuked the planet from orbit. Have you list? Georges Bataille has read them as well, and he liked what he read.
At it root, these two volumes deal with transgression, sovereignty and the link between them. Although, as Bataille does best, he also manages to talk about everything else that pops into his head. But somehow it all makes some kind of sense.
The base materialism and borderline divine subjectivity proposed in these texts might be new and shocking, but in their ontological transgressions they're at their most enlightening. You might not agree with Bataille, but he demands your attention and holds it until you've formed an opinion on his work.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Medical content
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