Georges Bataille and the Mysticism of Sin
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: December 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780801862687
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Semiotics & Theory; Literary Criticism; Mysticism; Philosophy Of The 20th Century; Religion; Literature - Classics / Criticism; PHI016000; PHI; REL; REL047000; European - French; Literary Criticism & Collections / Theory; Contributions in mysticism; Sin; History & Surveys - Modern; 1897-1962; Bataille, Georges,; Contributions in the doctrine
First sentence: In May of 1961 Bataille finished work on his last book, The Tears of Eros, an illustrated history of eroticism in art from the Aurignacian era to modern times.
Description: "With careful attention to Bataille's historical and intellectual context, Connor raises many important questions: What drew Bataille to the mystics? How did he conceive of their thought in relation to his own? And what is the connection between mysticism and morality? This last question raises an especially interesting issue for Bataille, an atheist whom readers generally associate with images of transgression and sin.

Through examination of Bataille's writings - including Inner Experience and his underappreciated final book, Tears of Eros - Connor shows the surprising connection between Bataille's mysticism and his sense of personal and political ethics. Mysticism, Connor argues, lies at the heart of Bataille's double identity as an intellectual and as a kind of anarchic prophet."--BOOK JACKET.