The Limit of the Useful
$58.78
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2023
Summary
The first English-language translation of an essential, early work key to understanding the French philosopher’s later thought.
In the decade prior to the publication of Inner Experience, the twentieth-century French philosopher Georges Bataille produced a nascent masterwork containing some of his most original and extensive reflections on a range of subjects. With thoughts on ritual sacrifice and military conquest, the nature of laughter, and the mechanisms of capitalism,
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047333 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262047330 |
| Author: | Georges Bataille, Cory Austin Knudson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
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About The Author
Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille (1897-1962) was a French writer, essayist, and philosopher whose works include The Story of the Eye, The Blue of Noon, The Accursed Share, and Theory of Religion.
Cory Austin Knudson holds a visiting position in Comparative Literature at Eckerd College. His work has appeared in the Journal of Modern Literature, Postmodern Culture, and Environment, Space, Place.
Tomas Elliott is Assistant Professor of English at the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University London.
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