Fast Sing Up to receive Free and Discounted e-Books.
Erotism: Death and Sensuality
Erotism: Death and Sensuality

Erotism: Death and Sensuality

by and

4.00 (1485 ratings)
Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality—Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte to Sade, from St. Therese to Claude Levi-Strauss and Dr. Kinsey; and the subjects he covers include prostitution, mythical ecstasy, cruelty, and organized war. Investigating desire prior to and extending beyond the realm of sexuality, he argues that eroticism is "a psychological quest not alien to death.
Release Date:
loading