Saints of the Impossible Bataille Weil and the Politics of the Sacred 1st Edition by Alexander Irwin ISBN 0816639027 9780816639038

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ISBN 10: 0816639027

ISBN 13: 9780816639038 

Author:  Alexander Irwin 

The transgressive writing of Georges Bataille (1897-1962) and the rigorous ethical philosophy of social activist and Christian mystic Simone Weil (1909-1943) seem to belong to different worlds. Yet in the political ferment of 1930s Paris, Bataille and Weil were intellectual adversaries who exerted a powerful fascination on each other. Saints of the Impossible provides the first in-depth comparison of Bataille’s and Weil’s thought, showing how an exploration of their relationship reveals new facets of the achievements of two of the twentieth century’s leading intellectual figures and raises far-reaching questions about literary practice, politics, and religion. Book jacket.

Table of contents:

1. Batailles Sacrifice

2. Transforming the Warrior’s Soul

3. If Revolution Is a Sickness

4. Exercises in Inutility

5. The Spectacle of Sacrifice

6. Conclusion

7. Communication Sainthood Resistance

8. Notes

9. Works Cited

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