Ecce Monstrum: Georges Bataille and the Sacrifice of Form

Publication Type

Thesis

Year of Publication

2004

Author

Biles, Jeremy

Publisher

Emery University

Work Type

Diss

Language

English

Advisor

Farley, Wendy L

Keywords

Christ
Cross
death
Bataille, Georges

Annotation

As part of his larger dissertation on Bataille, Biles looks at the relationship between Bataille and Weil. In particular, he is interested in Bataille's reading of Weil, arguing Bataille sees in her an example of 'hyperChristianity', and thus treats her as "a kind of divine but decaying intercessor, a patron saint of perishability'" (p. 8). See Chapter 5 "The Cross: Simone Weil's Hyperchristianity"

Notes

Published in 2007 as a book with the same title