The Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism by Georges Bataille

The Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism

Georges Bataille

224 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction art essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 the beginning of an attempt to address this loss. His writings o...

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