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Georges Bataille

French intellectual and literary figure (1897–1962)

Georges Bataille

Bataille in 1943

Born

Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille


(1897-09-10)10 September 1897

Billom, France

Died8 July 1962(1962-07-08) (aged 64)

Paris, France

EducationÉcole Nationale des Chartes (B.A., 1922)
Notable workL'Abbé C, Blue of Noon, Story of the Eye, The Accursed Share, The Solar Anus, Inner Experience
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
French Nietzscheanism[a]

Main interests

Eroticism, theory of sovereignty, sacredness, mysticism, surrealism, transgression, literary criticism

Notable ideas

Base materialism, limit-experience, "solar economy",[1] "general economy"

Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; French:[ʒɔʁʒbatɑj]; 10 September 1897 – 8 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy,