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3559346The Thirst for Annihilationhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-thirst-for-annihilation-9781134935659/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2423829/2fd831c5-6b35-455d-9c3f-8745c6b2d537.jpg?v=63838395630813000018391839MXNTaylor & FrancisInStock/Ebooks/<p>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 Batailles writings. In no way, though, is Nick Lands book an attempt to appropriate Batailles writings to a secular intelligibility or to compromise with the aridity of academic discourse - rather, it is written as a communion . Theoretical issues in philosophy, sociology, psychodynamics, politics and poetry are discussed, but only as stepping stones into the deep water of textual sacrifice where words pass over into the broken voice of death. Cultural modernity is diagnosed down to its Kantian bedrock with its transcendental philosophy of the object, but Batailles writings cut violently across this tightly disciplined reading to reveal the strong underlying currents that bear us towards chaos and dissolution - the violent impulse to escape, the thirst for annihilation.</p>...3495568The Thirst for Annihilation18391839https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-thirst-for-annihilation-9781134935659/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2423829/2fd831c5-6b35-455d-9c3f-8745c6b2d537.jpg?v=638383956308130000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20029781134935659_W3siaWQiOiJjMzEyNWZjNC1kOTg3LTQwZmMtODg0NC01MjU4YzAyZDE5ZGQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE4MzksImRpc2NvdW50IjowLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4MzksImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA4LTI2VDE1OjAwOjAwWiIsInRvIjoiMjAyNS0wOS0zMFQyMzo1OTo1OVoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlfSx7ImlkIjoiZGM1MDk2MjEtOWY3Yi00YjQxLWI3Y2QtYmI4ZDM5ZDUwMWQzIiwibGlzdFByaWNlIjoxNzcyLCJkaXNjb3VudCI6MCwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoxNzcyLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNS0xMC0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlfV0=9781134935659_<p>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 Batailles writings. In no way, though, is Nick Lands book an attempt to appropriate Batailles writings to a secular intelligibility or to compromise with the aridity of academic discourse - rather, it is written as a communion . Theoretical issues in philosophy, sociology, psychodynamics, politics and poetry are discussed, but only as stepping stones into the deep water of textual sacrifice where words pass over into the broken voice of death. Cultural modernity is diagnosed down to its Kantian bedrock with its transcendental philosophy of the object, but Batailles writings cut violently across this tightly disciplined reading to reveal the strong underlying currents that bear us towards chaos and dissolution - the violent impulse to escape, the thirst for annihilation.</p>...9781134935659_Taylor and Francis(*_*)9781134935659_Taylor & Francislibro_electonico_192331b9-867f-4ead-b1fa-8588c520d6bd_9781134935659;9781134935659_9781134935659Nick LandInglésMéxicoTaylor & Francishttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/taylorandfrancis-epub-62b7caa2-1a56-47e7-96c7-7c3ccd86ee84.epub2002-11-01T00:00:00+00:00