The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism

by Nick Land

Book Overview

An important literary and philosophical figure, Georges Bataille has had a significant influence on other French writers, such as Foucault, Derrida and Baudrillard. The Thirst for Annihilation is the first book in English to respond to Bataille's writings. In no way, though, is Nick Land's book an attempt to appropriate Bataille's writings to a secular intelligibility or to compromise with the aridity of academic discourse - rather, it is written...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041505608X
• ISBN13: 9780415056083
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"