Bataille: A Critical Reader

Introduction: Fred Botting and Scott Wilson.

1. Preface to Transgression: Michel Foucault.

2. Affirmation and the Passion of Negative Thought: Maurice Blanchot.

3. The Dualist Materialism of George Bataille: Denis Hollier.

4. The Roof: Essay in Systematic Reading: Philippe Sollers.

5. From Restricted to General Economy: A Hegelianism Without Reserve: Jacques Derrida.

6. Death in Bataille: Jean Baudrillard.

7. The Laughter of Being: Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen.

8. The French Path to Postmodernity: Bataille between Eroticism and General Economics: Jürgen Habermas.

9. When Bataille Attacked the Metaphysical Principle of Economy: Jean Baudrillard.

10. General Economics and Postmodern Capitalism: Jean-Joseph Goux.

Bibliography.

Index.