Georges Bataille Quotes
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
Bataille, Georges. The Accursed Share, Vols. II and III: The History of Eroticism and Sovereignty. Translated by Robert Hurley, Zone Books, 1991, p. 222.
Halsey was a big supporter of the use of the Atom Bomb against Japan. His ships had battled the Japanese navy from Pearl Harbor to Japan’s eventual surrender and had seen the cruelty of the Japanese occupation and aggression throughout the Pacific. His ships were the first to be sunk by Kamikaze suicide pilots at the Battle of Leyte Gulf where over 3000 American sailors were killed in the battle that finally destroyed the Japanese Navy’s ability to wage war.
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, consumerism, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as erotism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including poststructuralism.
