William Pawlett

Georges Bataille (eBook, ePUB)

The Sacred and Society

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging study explores Georges Bataille's central ideas: the sacred, community and eroticism. The continuing relevance of Bataille's project, to understand social bonds and energies at their most fundamental level, is illustrated through applications to contemporary issues including the rise of religious fundamentalism and the vicarious experience of transgressive violence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136155635
• Artikelnr.: 43437311

Autorenporträt

William Pawlett is a senior lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. His main areas of research are social, cultural and media theory; continental philosophy; and the application of these to the issues of sexuality and consumerism, and to violence, hatred and 'otherness'. He is a member of The Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association, The British Sociological Association and a global network of scholars contributing to The International Journal of Baudrillard Studies.