Georges Bataille ; translated and with an introduction by Leslie Anne Boldt
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxxiii, 209 pages ;
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24 cm
SERIES
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SUNY series intersections : philosophy and critical theory
GENERAL NOTES
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Translation of: L'expérience intérieure
CONTENTS NOTE
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Part one. Sketch of an introduction to Inner Experience. Critique of dogmatic servitude (and of mysticism) -- Experience, sole authority, sole value -- Principles of a method and a community -- Part two. The torment -- Part three. Antecedents to the torment (or the comedy). I want to carry my person to the pinnacle -- Death is in a sense an imposture -- The blue of noon -- The labyrinth (or the constitution of beings) -- "Communication" -- Part four. Post-Scriptum to the torment (of the new mystical theology). God -- Descartes -- Hegel -- Ecstasy -- Fortune -- Nietzsche -- Part five. Manibus date Lilia Plenis. Gloria in excelsis mihi -- God