Georges Bataille

Georges Bataille was a philosopher, writer, librarian, pornographer and a founder of the influential journals Critique and Ac�phale. He has had an enormous impact on contemporary thought, influencing such writers as Barthes, Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault and Sontag. Many of his books, including the notorious Story of the Eye and the fascinating The Accursed Share, are modern classics.
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