Encyclopaedia Acephalica

Author: Georges Bataille
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ISBN: 0947757872

Encyclopaedia Acephalica (Atlas Arkhive)

The ideas of Georges Bataille (1897-1962) are being increasingly recognised as offering vital insights into the whole areas of human existence, and over the last few years most of his important theoretical and fictional texts have appeared in English. Get Encyclopaedia Acephalica literature books for free.
Yet Bataille's thought is complex, and his books make few concessions to the reader. The first series of texts here, however, were written for a wider audience by Bataille and his friends, in the form of a dictionary, and they provide a witty, poetic and concise introduction to his ideas. The Critical Dictionary appeared in the magazine edited by Bataille, Documents, the second series of texts, the Da Costa EncyclopAdique was published anonymously after the liberation of Paris in 1947 by Check Encyclopaedia Acephalica our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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Yet Bataille's thought is complex, and his books make few concessions to the reader The Critical Dictionary appeared in the magazine edited by Bataille, Documents, the second series of texts, the Da Costa EncyclopAdique was published anonymously after the liberation of Paris in 1947 by

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