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Author: Georges Bataille
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0816612838

Visions Of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 (Theory and History of Literature Vol 14)

Since the publication of Visions of Excess in 1985, there has been an explosion of interest in the work of Georges Bataille. Get Visions Of Excess literature books for free.
The French surrealist continues to be important for his groundbreaking focus on the visceral, the erotic, and the relation of society to the primeval. This collection of prewar writings remains the volume in which Batailles's positions are most clearly, forcefully, and obsessively put forward.This book challenges the notion of a "closed economy" predicated on utility, production, and rational consumption, and develops an alternative theory that takes into account the human tendency to lose, destroy, and waste. This collection is indispensible for an understanding of the future as well as the past of current critical Check Visions Of Excess our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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