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Bataille and the erotics of Hegelian geist

Bataille and the erotics of Hegelian geist ANGELAKI journal of the theoretical humanities volume 8 number 3 december 2003 eant as a cursory illustration, I will here Mindicate a few critical issues of contention between Bataille’s notion of eroticism and the rational purpose articulated by the movement of Geist. As we proceed, it is hoped that we cannot only indicate the strong Hegelian heritage pres- ent in Bataille’s work but also open up yet another interpretive domain in regards to Hegel’s Geist. This is not meant to be a definitive expo- sition of how and where Bataille borrows from Hegel. It should be stressed strongly that the interpretation of Hegel employed here is that of a very select period in France, between 1920 and kane x. faucher In the Phenomenology we witness Hegel in his Romantic power, the flourish and curlicues of a thinker at the tail end of an artistic movement. BATAILLE AND THE Bataille himself recognized pathos in the EROTICS OF Phenomenology. But what prompts a study of this rather obscure magnitude, wherein we HEGELIAN GEIST invoke Bataille, is Bataille’s claim that there is an unconscious immoralism in the Hegelian dialec- 1 2 tic. We will here attempt to unpack this through “Absolute Freedom http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities Taylor & Francis

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Bataille and the erotics of Hegelian geist

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ANGELAKI journal of the theoretical humanities volume 8 number 3 december 2003 eant as a cursory illustration, I will here Mindicate a few critical issues of contention between Bataille’s notion of eroticism and the rational purpose articulated by the movement of Geist. As we proceed, it is hoped that we cannot only indicate the strong Hegelian heritage pres- ent in Bataille’s work but also open up yet another interpretive domain in regards to Hegel’s Geist. This is not...
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ANGELAKI journal of the theoretical humanities volume 8 number 3 december 2003 eant as a cursory illustration, I will here Mindicate a few critical issues of contention between Bataille’s notion of eroticism and the rational purpose articulated by the movement of Geist. As we proceed, it is hoped that we cannot only indicate the strong Hegelian heritage pres- ent in Bataille’s work but also open up yet another interpretive domain in regards to Hegel’s Geist. This is not meant to be a definitive expo- sition of how and where Bataille borrows from Hegel. It should be stressed strongly that the interpretation of Hegel employed here is that of a very select period in France, between 1920 and kane x. faucher In the Phenomenology we witness Hegel in his Romantic power, the flourish and curlicues of a thinker at the tail end of an artistic movement. BATAILLE AND THE Bataille himself recognized pathos in the EROTICS OF Phenomenology. But what prompts a study of this rather obscure magnitude, wherein we HEGELIAN GEIST invoke Bataille, is Bataille’s claim that there is an unconscious immoralism in the Hegelian dialec- 1 2 tic. We will here attempt to unpack this through “Absolute Freedom

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