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Tears of Eros Author: [France] Georges Bataille Publisher: Nanjing University Press·Watcher Original title: Les Larmes d'Eros
Tears of Eros Author: [France] Georges Bataille Publisher: Nanjing University Press·Watcher Original title: Les Larmes d'Eros
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Introduction · · · · · ·
【Editor's recommendation】
Aurignac statues, Lascaux frescoes, Greek vase paintings, Dürer, Titian, Manet, Renoir, Picasso, André Masson… continuing the theme of “Eroticism” and “The Birth of Art: The Miracle of Lascaux”, it reproduces the changes and rise and fall of erotic concepts in the process of art.
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★ This is the last work of Georges Bataille, the "master of love, desire and death". It is another masterpiece on pornography by Georges Bataille after "Pornography" and "History of Pornography", an alternative "history of pornography".
★Explore the true meaning of desire in poetic intoxication and sacred ecstasy; use the light of art to reveal the face of death hidden behind love.
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★ Equipped with more than 200 pictures, rich in pictures and texts, full of fun.
★The binding is carefully created by Zhou Weiwei, a well-known designer who has won the "Most Beautiful Book" award many times, and is of great collection value; the main text is printed in two colors (red symbolizing love + black symbolizing death), and the supplementary text is printed on carefully selected soft pink paper, giving people a wonderful reading experience.
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【Content Introduction】
As the "master of love, desire and death" (Susan Sontag's words), desire and death are the two main themes that Georges Bataille explored and questioned throughout his life. In addition to erotic novels such as "Story of the Eye", "Madame Edwarda" and "My Mother", Bataille published three monographs on eroticism: "History of Eroticism", "Eroticism" and "Tears of Eros". This "Tears of Eros" is Bataille's last work and can be regarded as an alternative "history of eroticism".
This book continues the theme of Bataille's Eroticism and The Birth of Art: The Miracle of Lascaux, and attempts to reproduce the changes and rise and fall of erotic concepts in the process of art. This book is accompanied by more than 200 pictures, showing us a series of dazzling images: from prehistoric Lascaux murals to modern surrealist paintings, from primitive tribal sacrifices to feudal torture, the paradise of love and the purgatory of death constitute the two poles of human passion. The author explores the true meaning of desire in poetic intoxication and sacred ecstasy, and reveals the face of death hidden behind love through the light of art.
Bataille spent his whole life relentlessly pursuing Eros, while constantly moving towards tears and getting lost in them. As the title of the book "Eros's Tears" suggests, Eros, the symbol of joy, can also fall into sadness. For Bataille, love and death, sex and pain, laughter and tears are originally one. This "Eros's Tears" is Bataille's last book, and also his last tears.
About the Author · · · · · ·
【About the author】
Georges Bataille (1897-1962) is a French philosopher, critic, and novelist. He is well-read and has a wide range of ideas. His works cover many fields, including philosophy, ethics, theology, literature, and economics. Bataille's ideas inherited the critical tendencies of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Sade, and opened up the French thought trends in the late 20th century. He had a profound influence on Foucault, Derrida, Baudrillard, and others. He was quite rebellious and was hailed as "one of the sources of postmodern thought."
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Translator’s Profile
Wei Guangji holds a PhD in Philosophy from Renmin University of China and is an assistant researcher at the School of Arts of Nanjing University. He mainly studies Western literary theory and French philosophy. He has translated works such as Blanchot's Endless Conversation and Žižek's Enjoy Your Symptoms.
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