The Tears of Eros - Brossura

Bataille, Georges

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ISBN 10: 0872862224 ISBN 13: 9780872862227

Casa editrice: City Lights Books, 1989

Riassunto

Tears of Eros is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred. Taking up such figures as Giles de Rais, Erzebet Bathory, the Marquis de Sade, El Greco, Gustave Moreau, Andre Breton, Voodoo practitioners, and Chinese torture victims, Bataille reveals their common obsession: death.

This essay, illustrated with artwork from every era, was developed out of ideas explored in Erotism: Death and Sexuality and Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux or the Birth of Art. In it Bataille examines death—the "little death" that follows sexual climax, the proximate death in sadomasochistic practices, and death as part of religious ritual and sacrifice.

"Bataille is one of the most important writers of the century."— Michel Foucault

Georges Bataille was born in Billom, France, in 1897. He was a librarian by profession. Also a philosopher, novelist, and critic he was founder of the College of Sociology. In 1959, Bataille began Tears of Eros, and it was completed in 1961, his final work. City Lights published two of his other works: Story of the Eye and The Impossible. Bataille died in 1962.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: City Lights Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0872862224
• ISBN 13: 9780872862227
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 213