{"product_id":"critical-essays-volume-2-1949-1951-hardcover","title":"Critical Essays: Volume 2: 1949-1951 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorges Bataille\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Noys\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn introduction for English-language readers to Georges Bataille's postwar philosophical and critical writings.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the aftermath of World War II, French thinker and writer Georges Bataille forged a singular path through the moral and political impasses of his age. In 1946, animated by \"a need to live events in an increasingly conscious way,\" and to reject any compartmentalization of intellectual life, Bataille founded the journal \u003ci\u003eCritique\u003c\/i\u003e. Continuing the publication of his postwar writings, this second book in a three-volume collection of Bataille's work collects his essays and reviews from the years 1949 to 1951. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this period of intellectual isolation and intense reflection, Bataille developed and refined his genealogy of morality through a sustained reflection on the fate of the sacred in the modern world. He offered a critique of the limits of existing morality, especially in its denial of excess, while sketching the lineaments of a new hyper-morality. Bataille's wide-ranging reflections are true to the intellectual mission of \u003ci\u003eCritique\u003c\/i\u003e, which he founded as a space open to the broadest considerations of the present. As well as discussing significant figures like Samuel Beckett, André Gide, and René Char, Bataille also offers fascinating reflections on American politics, Nazism, existentialism, materialism, and play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The connecting thread in these diverse essays remains Bataille's concern with the extremes of human experience and the possibilities of transcending the limits of societies founded on utility and restraint. His writings remain a provocative incitement to rethink the boundaries we impose on expression and existence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges Bataille \u003c\/b\u003e(1897-1962) was a French thinker, writer, and critic. Among his most celebrated works are \u003ci\u003eStory of the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiterature and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eChris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator and writer living in Birmingham, UK. He has translated numerous books from French and German, including, for Seagull Books, titles by Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes, Georges Bataille, André Gorz, Yves Bonnefoy, and Pascal Quignard, among others. \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Noys\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of critical theory at the University of Chichester, UK. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eMalign Velocities\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of the Negative\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAlberto Toscano\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFanaticism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLate Fascism\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe SAGE Handbook of Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 390\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755522752800,"sku":"9781803094342","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a51c4404d68aff28b1fa05bf4f8b4716.webp?v=1780061198","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/critical-essays-volume-2-1949-1951-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}