Against Architecture: The Writings of Georges Bataille

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MIT Press, Feb 25, 1992 - Philosophy - 232 pages
Over the past 30 years the writings of Georges Bataille have had a profound influence on French intellectual thought, informing the work of Foucault, Derrida, and Barthes, among others. Against Architecture offers the first serious interpretation of this challenging thinker, spelling out the profoundly original and radical nature of Bataille's work.
 

Contents

The Hegelian Edifice
3
The Symbol
10
On Bataille
23
Architectural Metaphors
31
Contents
42
The Article
46
The Labyrinth the Pyramid and the Labyrinth
57
The Caesarean
74
The Caesarean
138
Notes
173
Index
197
57
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Denis Hollier is Professor of French at Yale University.

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