Georges Bataille

Georges Bataille
Bataille in 1943
Born	Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (1897-09-10)10 September 1897 Billom, France
Died	9 July 1962(1962-07-09) (aged 64) Paris, France
Education	École Nationale des Chartes (B.A., 1922)
Notable work	L'Abbé C, Blue of Noon, Story of the Eye, The Accursed Share, The Solar Anus, Inner Experience
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy French Nietzscheanism[a]
Main interests	Eroticism, theory of sovereignty, sacredness, mysticism, surrealism, transgression, literary criticism
Notable ideas	Base Materialism, limit-experience, 'solar economy',[1] 'general economy'
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Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (/bɑːˈtaɪ/; French: [ʒɔʁʒ batɑj]; 10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as eroticism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including poststructuralism.^[2]

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