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To Witness Spectacles of Pain: The Hypermorality of Georges Bataille.

Authors :
ITZKOWITZ, KENNETH
Source :
College Literature; Winter99, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p19, 15p
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

Demonstrates the ways in which systems of valuations can function as violent forces of constraint. Arguments raised by French philospher and writer Georges Bataille; Overview of Bataille's `Literature and Evil'; Discussion on the ethics of sacrifice.

Subjects

Subjects :
VIOLENCE

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00933139
Volume :
26
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
College Literature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
1631498