Research Seminar in Post-Kantian European Philosophy, 2019/2020
Unless otherwise stated, Post-Kantian European Philosophy Research Group seminars take place on Tuesdays, 5:30–7:30pm in Room S0.11 (ground floor of Social Studies). All welcome. For further information, please contact tbc
Reading Group: Communion de Bataille
This reading group, or 'communion', focuses on the work of Georges Bataille and his henchmen, including but not limited to Andre Masson, Roger Caillois, Michel Leiris, Pierre Klossoski, Raymond Queneau. Alexandre Kojève and Lev Shestov, as well as literary figures including Colette Peignot, Jacques Vaché, Lautréamont, Marques de Sade, Baudelaire, Catherine of Siena and Meister Eckart.
A few key texts will be analysed:
Le Coupable (1944) Guilty
L'Erotisme (1957) Eroticism
La Haine de la Poésie (1947) The Hatred of Poetry
L'Impossible (1962) The Impossible
La literature et le Mal (1957) Literature and Evil
Open to all.