Georges Bataille Quotes


What does physical eroticism signify if not a violation of the very being of its practitioners? – A violation bordering on death, bordering on murder?


Citations

Bataille, Georges. Erotism: Death and Sensuality. Translated by Mary Dalwood, City Lights Books, 1986, p. 17.

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Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille
  • Born: September 10, 1897
  • Died: July 9, 1962
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Writer

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.