Category Archives: Georges Bataille

Books received – Bataille & Breton, Dumézil, Char, Sloterdijk

Posted on May 12, 2020 by stuartelden

The little volume « Contre-Attaque », which brings together documents from André Breton and Georges Bataille; René Char’s Dans l’atelier du poète; some books by Dumézil; and a copy of Sloterdijk’s Infinite Mobilization, which I endorsed.

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The Early Foucault Update 32: Unable to finish a manuscript during lockdown

Posted on May 4, 2020 by stuartelden

While these are strange and disruptive times, as much as I’m able, I’m trying to make progress on this book manuscript. I’d intended to submit it to Polity by the end of April, but that unfortunately wasn’t possible. I can … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and English translations – list updated to include all volumes

Posted on April 30, 2020 by stuartelden

I’ve done some further updating to the list of works in Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and other French collections and the English translations. The main addition is that I’ve now listed the articles in Volumes XI and XII of the Oeuvres … Continue reading →

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Books received – Veyne, Dumézil, Bataille & Leiris, Eliade, Chapsal

Posted on April 24, 2020 by stuartelden

Trying to keep second-hand booksellers in business… a pile of recently bought books, including Paul Veyne’s memoirs, the English translation of the Bataille-Leiris correspondence, the first volume of Mircea Eliade’s journals, a collection of interviews by Madeleine Chapsal, and some … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and English translations – addition of Vols I and II to the list

Posted on April 21, 2020 by stuartelden

I’ve done some further updating to the list of works in Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and other French collections and the English translations. The main work is the list of articles in Volume I, and the posthumous texts of Volume II, … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and English translations – list updated and a couple of questions

Posted on April 16, 2020 by stuartelden

I’ve done some updating to the list of works in Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and other French collections and the English translations. This includes some links to books, a bit of detail on texts in The College of Sociology not in the … Continue reading →

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Books received – Bataille, Eliade, Ballvé, de Waelhens

Posted on April 15, 2020 by stuartelden

Mainly books by Bataille, but also a volume of Mircea Eliade’s journals, the first book in French on Heidegger, originally published in 1942, and Teo Ballvé’s The Frontier Effect: State Formation and Violence in Colombia. Teo kindly sent a copy of his … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille – Oeuvres complètes and other French collections, with list of English translations

Posted on April 14, 2020 by stuartelden

I’ve made a start with the project of listing the pieces in Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and other French collections, along with English translations of these pieces. The page is available here. It’s not complete – I’ve done 8 of the 12 … Continue reading →

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Books received – Eribon & Lévi-Strauss, Heidegger, Dumézil, Bataille

Posted on April 6, 2020 by stuartelden

A few things, some ordered before the lockdown began and some since, that will keep me busy for a while. While I have the Heidegger book in German and English, this was an early French translation, and important in terms … Continue reading →

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Two bibliographical questions about Georges Bataille

Posted on April 3, 2020 by stuartelden

Two bibliographical questions about Georges Bataille: – is there a comprehensive list anywhere of the writings by/attributed to Bataille which are not included in the Oeuvres complètes? I know of Une liberté souveraine, for example, and letters, and texts from some … Continue reading →

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