Georges Bataille and Contemporary Thought

Georges Bataille’s influence upon 20th-century philosophy is hard to overstate.His writing has transfixed his readers for decades � exerting a powerful influence upon Foucault, Blanchot and Derrida amongst many others. Today, Bataille continues to be an important reference for many of today’s leading theorists such as Giorgio Agamben, Roberto Esposito, Jean-Luc Nancy and Adrianna Caverero. His work is a unique and enigmatic combination of mystical phenomenology, politics, anthropology and economic theory � sometimes adopting the form of literature, sometimes that of ontology. This is the first book to take Bataille’s ambitious and unfinished Accursed Share project as its thematic guide, with individual contributors isolating themes, concepts or sections from within the three volumes and taking them in different directions. Therefore, as well as providing readings of Bataille’s key concepts, such as animality, sovereignty, catastrophe and the sacred, this collection aims to explore new terrain and new theoretical problems.Georges Bataille and Contemporary Thought acts simultaneously as a companion to Bataille’s three-volume secular theodicy and as a laboratory for new syntheses within his thought. Additional ISBNs 1474268692, 9781474268691Georges Bataille and Contemporary Thought 1st Edition is written by Will Stronge and published by Bloomsbury Academic. ISBNs for Georges Bataille and Contemporary Thought are 9781474268714, 1474268714 and the print ISBNs are 9781350141650, 1350141658. Additional ISBNs include 1474268692, 9781474268691.