Georges Bataille: Core Cultural Theorist

by Paul Hegarty

Book Overview

Long recognized in France as a central figure in French cultural thought, the range and significance of Batille′s ideas are now being grasped in the English speaking world. His influence on Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva and Baudrillard is now more clearly understood and Bataille has emerged as a front-rank cultural theorist who posed questions and paradoxes that were extraordinarily prescient.

This book offers a comprehensive and detailed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761960783
• ISBN13: 9780761960782
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.8"