Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 258 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0816693420
,
0816639027
,
0816639035
,
9780816693429
,
9780816639021
,
9780816639038
Content:
The transgressive writing of Georges Bataille (1897-1962) and the rigorous ethical philosophy of social activist and Christian mystic Simone Weil (1909-1943) seem to belong to different worlds. Yet in the political ferment of 1930s Paris, Bataille and Weil were intellectual adversaries who exerted a powerful fascination on each other. Saints of the Impossible provides the first in-depth comparison of Bataille's and Weil's thought, showing how an exploration of their relationship reveals new facets of the achievements of two of the twentieth century's leading intellectual figures and raises far-reaching questions about literary practice, politics, and religion. Book jacket
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Irwin, Alexander Saints of the impossible Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2002
Language:
English
URL:
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