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The Thirst for Annihilation

The Thirst for Annihilation

Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism (An Essay in Atheistic Religion)

1992

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Livre de Nick Land · 2 juillet 1992

Genres : Essai, Philosophie
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An important literary and philosophical figure, Georges Bataille has had a significant influence on other French writers, such as Foucault, Derrida and Baudrillard. The Thirst for Annihilation is the first book in English to respond to Bataille's writings. In no way, though, is Nick Land's book an attempt to appropriate Bataille's writings to a secular intelligibility or to compromise with the aridity of academic discourse - rather, it is written as a communion. Theoretical issues in... Voir plus