Saints Of The Impossible

Name: Saints Of The Impossible
Brand: University of Minnesota Press
SKU: 9780816639038
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Bataille, Weil, And The Politics Of The Sacred

Autor: Alexander Irwin

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A surprising exploration of the relationship between these two twentieth-century thinkers The transg...

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Autor

Alexander Irwin

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engleză

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Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2002

Pagini

288

EAN

9780816639038

ISBN

0816639035

Enbook ID

04729331

Editura

University of Minnesota Press

Greutate

396

Dimensiuni

150 x 229 x 15

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A surprising exploration of the relationship between these two twentieth-century thinkers

The transgressive writing of Georges Bataille (1897-1962) and the rigorous ethical philosophy of social activist and Christian mystic Simone Weil (1909-1943) seem to belong to different worlds. Yet in the political ferment of 1930s Paris, Bataille and Weil were intellectual adversaries who exerted a powerful fascination on each other. Saints of the Impossible provides the first in-depth comparison of Bataille's and Weil's thought, showing how an exploration of their relationship reveals new facets of the achievements of two of the twentieth century's leading intellectual figures, and raises far-reaching questions about literary practice, politics, and religion.

Considering the seeming antithesis between Weil's heroic political engagement and Bataille's antipolitical aestheticism, Saints of the Impossible brings out the insufficiently recognized performative dimension of Weil's politics, while revealing the political reach of Bataille's mystical writings. As it opens a new perspective on both Weil and Bataille, the book also points to a new way of understanding the uses and abuses of sacred power and the performative in an era of philosophical disorientation, social chaos, and war.

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