George Bataille's notion of transgression : the question of a possible experience concerning art and philosophy
Author(s)
Advisor
Johnson, Lewis KeirDate
2000Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This study aims at analysing George Bataille's notion of transgression. In this
respect, the concepts of Bataille's discourse such as 'general economy', 'sovereign
operation', 'inner experience', 'impossible', 'absence of myth' and 'sacred', are
taken into consideration within the context of some recent post-structuralist texts. In
addi tion, this study focuses on transgression in Bataille' s discourse reading it as a
passage from interior to exterior. For this purpose, this study aims at showing that
the transgression implied in Bataille's discourse transgresses itself. In that manner,
this thesis brings two readings of Bataille's notion of transgression together: one is
the reading of surrealism through George Bataille's and Andre Breton's approaches,
and the other is the reading of the notion of transgression through some recent poststmcturalist
texts. In the fınal analysis, this study discusses the discourse of
transgression in Bataille with respect to both philosophy and art considering the
problem of representation.
Keywords
Transgressiongeneral economy
impossible
inner experience
sacred
absence of myth
sovereign operation
representation
surrealism
post -structralism