Violence, Society and Radical Theory
Subtitle: Bataille, Baudrillard and Contemporary Society
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781409455424
Subjects: Violence; Terrorism; Bataille, georges, 1897-1962
Description: Shedding light on the relationship between violence and contemporary society, this volume explores the distinctive but little-known theories of violence in the work of Georges Bataille and Jean Baudrillard, applying these to a range of violent events - events often labelled 'inexplicable' - in order to show how even the most extreme of acts can be seen as socially meaningful.