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Story of the Eye: By Lord Auch (Penguin Modern Classics) by Georges Bataille

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Eroticism by Georges Bataille

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Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-39 (Theory & History of Literature) by Georges Bataille

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The Accursed Share: Volume 1 by Georges Bataille

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Paperback: 258 pages
Publisher: City Lights Books.,U.S. (1 Dec 1989)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0872862224
ISBN-13: 978-0872862227
Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 17.8 x 1.5 cm
Average Customer Review: (2 customer reviews)
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Erotism: Death and Sensuality by Georges Bataille

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An exploration of value through excessive experience, 3 Jun 1999

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The Tears of Eros is a fitting culmination of Bataille's search for value through excess. Although Bataille addresses many of the themes touched on here in greater detail in earlier works (Eroticism, The Accursed Share), The Tears of Eros is notable for the significant amount of artwork included to illustrate the connection Bataille develops between sex, death, expenditure, and sovereign value. This is a "must-read" for any serious student of contemporary philosophy and--for that matter--any who would insist that value resides elsewhere than in a petty, bourgeois individualism.