The Absence of Myth - Georges Bataille

One of the most provocative and controversial writers of his time, these essays comprise George Bataille’s most incisive study of surrealism

For Bataille, the absence of myth had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had lost the secret of its cohesion, Bataille saw surrealism as both a symptom and a beginning of an attempt to address this loss. His writings on this theme are the result of a profound reflection in the wake of World War Two.

The Absence of Myth is the most incisive study yet made of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social pheno
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