Bataille's various forms of expression, ranging from the hallucinatory fictional narrative to the fragment and the theoretical essay, have always exerted a mostly subterranean influence on literature, philosophy, the humanities and the arts. The variation of his interests and the issues they raise are animated by a profound unity, and testify to a keen sense of the problems that plague our common humanity.
Following a path marked out by a few entries characteristic of a non-systematic way of thinking, this book invites us to gain a better understanding of what Bataille calls "sovereignty", which is both an experience of thought and of life that is salutary for us here and now.
Bataille's various forms of expression, ranging from the hallucinatory fictional narrative to the fragment and the theoretical essay, have always exerted a mostly subterranean influence on literature, philosophy, the humanities and the arts. The variation of his interests and the issues they raise are animated by a profound unity, and testify to a keen sense of the problems that plague our common humanity.
Following a path marked out by a few entries characteristic of a non-systematic way of thinking, this book invites us to gain a better understanding of what Bataille calls "sovereignty", which is both an experience of thought and of life that is salutary for us here and now.