{"product_id":"9780761960782","title":"Georges Bataille: Core Cultural Theorist","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong recognized in France as a central figure in French cultural thought, the range and significance of Batille's ideas are now being grasped in the English speaking world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor much of the post-war period, Bataille was dismissed as an oddball. However, his influence on Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva and Baudrillard is now more clearly understood. Bataille has emerged as a front-rank cultural theorist who posed questions and paradoxes that were extraordinarily prescient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book demonstrates why Bataille should be regarded as a significant figure. It offers a comprehensive and detailed presentation and analysis of the full range of his writings - political, philosophical, aesthetic, literary, anthropological and cultural. And tackles his thoughts on waste, sacrifice, death, eroticism, surplus, ecstasy and drunkenness, offering the best available guide to this challenging and utterly unique thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be of interest to students of cultural studies, sociology, philosophy and French studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014882902256,"sku":"9780761960782","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780761960782_p0.jpg?v=1763657525","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780761960782","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}