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ecstasy
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eroticism
excess
George Bataille
psychoanalysis
religion
sacred
sacrifice
surrealism
violence
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- ISBN 9780823265206
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Aug 2015
- Publisher: Fordham University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Despite Georges Bataille's acknowledged influence on major poststructuralist thinkers—including Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva, Lacan, Baudrillard, and Barthes—and his prominence in literary, cultural, and social theory, rarely has he been taken up by scholars of religion, even as issues of the sacred were central to his thinking. Bringing together established scholars and emerging voices, Negative Ecstasies engages Bataille from the perspective of religious studies and theology, forging links with feminist and queer theory, economics, secularism, psychoanalysis, fat studies, and ethics. As these essays demonstrate, Bataille's work bears significance to contemporary questions in the academy and vital issues in the world. We continue to ignore him at our peril.
Jeremy Biles is the author of Ecce Monstrum: Georges Bataille and the Sacrifice of Form (Fordham, 2007). He teaches courses on religion, philosophy, and art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His writings have appeared in such places as the Journal of Religion; Culture, Theory, and Critique; and Performance Research. A selection of his drawings, some inspired by Andre Masson's Acephale, appeared in the 2014 group show "Baudy" at the Adds Donna Gallery in Chicago.
Kent L. Brintnall is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
