Georges Bataille

Georges Bataille

Born: September 10, 1897
Died: July 9, 1962
in Billom, France
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French intellectual and literary figure working in literature, philosophy, anthropology, economics, sociology and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as eroticism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression.

In the 1920, Bataille began frequenting the circles of Surrealists, he discovered he had an ideological dispute with the views of the influential Andre Breton, and he began calling himself “an enemy from within the movement”. During this period, Georges began taking psychoanalytical treatments which were successful and enabled him to write. He edited and formulated several works on sociology, literature and religion. He did various excursions on Barthes, Foucault and Derrida. In 1935, Bataille was among the co-founders of an anti-Fascist group, Contre Attaque. In 1939, Bataille also co-founded along with Michel Lieris and Roger Callois, the College de Sociologie. He also held a fellowship at the School of Advanced Hispanic Studies in Madrid.

Bataille published his first novel on sexual excess, ‘Histoire de l’oeil’ (The Story of the Eye) in 1928, under the pseudonym of Lord Auch.

Movies for Georges Bataille...

Georges Bataille - À perte de vue
Title: Georges Bataille - À perte de vue
Character: Self - Archive recordings
Released: April 30, 1997
Type: Movie
The film contains the interviews with Pierre Klossowski and Jacques Pimpanneau.
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A Day in the Country
Title: A Day in the Country
Character: Seminarian (uncredited)
Released: May 21, 1946
Type: Movie
The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.