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The absence of myth : writings on surrealism /
'Surrealism', wrote Georges Bataille in 1945, 'has from the start given consistency to a "morality of revolt" and its most important contribution - important perhaps even in the political realm - is to have remained, in matters of morality, a revolution.'.
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London ; New York :
Verso,
1994.
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| LEADER | 02233fam a2200229 a 4500 | ||
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| 020 | |a 9781844675609: | ||
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 149 |b BAT/A |
| 100 | 1 | |a Bataille, Georges, | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The absence of myth : |b writings on surrealism / |
| 260 | |a London ; |a New York : |b Verso, |c 1994. | ||
| 300 | |a vii, 211 p. ; | ||
| 520 | |a 'Surrealism', wrote Georges Bataille in 1945, 'has from the start given consistency to a "morality of revolt" and its most important contribution - important perhaps even in the political realm - is to have remained, in matters of morality, a revolution.'. | ||
| 520 | 8 | |a For Bataille, 'the absence of myth' had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had 'lost the secret of its cohesion', Bataille saw surrealism as both a symptom and the beginning of an attempt to address this loss. His writings on this theme - which he had hoped to assemble into a book and which are published here for the first time - mostly date from the immediate postwar period, and are the result of profound reflection in the wake of World War Two. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a In one respect they represent preliminary notes for his later work, especially for The Accursed Share and Theory of Religion. But many of the issues raised were never taken up again; therefore they offer a fresh perspective on his thinking at a decisive time. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a . | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Together, these texts also comprise perhaps the most incisive study yet made of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. They clarify Bataille's links with the surrealist movement, and throw revealing light on his complex and greatly misunderstood relationship with Andre Breton. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Above all, The Absence of Myth shows Bataille to be a much more radical figure than his postmodernist devotees would have us believe: a man who continually tried to extend Marxist social theory; a pessimistic thinker, but one as far removed from nihilism as can be. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Avant-garde (Aesthetics) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Surrealism. | |
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