Description
| Product ID: | 9781844675609 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Absence of Myth |
| Subtitle: | Writings on Surrealism |
| Authors: | Author: Georges Bataille, Michael Richardson |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | History of art, Art & design styles: Expressionism, Literary essays, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary essays, Western philosophy, from c 1900 - |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Features essays that are the result of reflection in the wake of World War II. These essays comprise a study of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. They explain Bataille's links with the surrealist movement, and describe his complex relationship with Andre Breton. 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 a beginning of an attempt to address this loss. His writings on this theme are the result of a profound reflection in the wake of World War Two. The Absence of Myth is the most incisive study yet made of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. Clarifying Bataille’s links with the surrealist movement, and throwing revealing light on his complex and greatly misunderstood relationship with Andre Breton, 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-10-17 |
