{"product_id":"critical-essays-volume-1-1944-1948-volume-1-hardcover","title":"Critical Essays: Volume 1: 1944-1948 Volume 1 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorges Bataille\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Noys\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis first book in a three-volume collection of Georges Bataille's essays introduces English readers to his philosophical and critical writings.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the aftermath of the Second World War, French thinker and writer Georges Bataille forged a singular path through the moral and political impasses of his age. In 1946, animated by \"a need to live events in an increasingly conscious way,\" and to reject any compartmentalization of intellectual life, Bataille founded the journal \u003ci\u003eCritique\u003c\/i\u003e. Adopting the format of the review essay, he surveyed the post-war cultural landscape while advancing his reflections on excess, non-knowledge, and the general economy. Focusing on literature as a mode of sovereign uselessness, he tackled prominent and divisive figures such as Henry Miller and Albert Camus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In keeping with \u003ci\u003eCritique\u003c\/i\u003e's mission to explore the totality of human knowledge, Bataille's articles did not just focus on the literary but featured important reflections on the science of sexuality, the Chinese Revolution, and historical accounts of drunkenness, among other matters. Throughout, he was attuned to how humanity would deal with the excessive forces of production and destruction it had unleashed, his aim being a way of thinking and living that would inhabit that excess. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the first of three volumes collecting Bataille's post-war essays. Beginning with an article on Nietzsche and fascism written shortly after the liberation of Paris and running to the end of 1948, these texts make available for the first time in English the systematic diversity of Bataille's post-war thought. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges Bataille\u003c\/b\u003e (1897-1962) was a French thinker, writer, and critic. Among his most celebrated works are \u003ci\u003eStory of the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiterature and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAlberto Toscano\u003c\/b\u003e teaches and researches at Goldsmiths at the University of London and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Noys\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of critical theory at the University of Chichester. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eGeorges Bataille: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eChris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator and writer living in Birmingham, UK. He has translated numerous books from French and German, including, for Seagull Books, titles by Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes, André Gorz, Yves Bonnefoy, and Pascal Quignard, among others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392274415794,"sku":"9781803090603","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/997cb8d536a475c82c8f0d30c757a3a8.webp?v=1777959570","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/critical-essays-volume-1-1944-1948-volume-1-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}