What a great interview! I have been trying to figure out why I'm so drawn to art featuring the more detestable taboos and Bataille really put it into perspective for me. Just ordered Encyclopedia Acephalica, can't wait to read more Bataille.
I've been an avid reader of Nietzsche for nearly 20 years, Foucault for over a decade... I have just started reading Georges Bataille... I must say that his name and his theory belong right up there with such names. Inner Experience and On Nietzsche are so genius it is maddening. There is something about his text that communicates beyond and outside of the text, despite the lack of self-presence in text. It communicates, at the very least, that this mofo knew wtf he was writing about.
I just read "The Story Of The Eye" and I'm totally impressed with the freedom of expression that Bataille displays. It's a very dream-like erotic tale that draws you in and makes one feel an accessory and a witness to a beautiful imagination.
Thanks once again for uploading a subtitled video of an unforgettable author from the land that has perhaps produced the most compelling literature in history. No one emerges a literary virgin after reading "The Story of the Eye". It's interesting to see the author of such a radical work could be so soft-spoken and self-effacing. But looking closely one can see a mischievous, deviant twinkle in his eyes.
I read a lot of philosophy and classical literature by the greatest authors, but Bataille is my favourite of them all. The human animal pervades everything he produces, his work is evidence of the animal mechanisms that determine human desire and spirituality, and it speaks incredibly true to, at least me. Sometimes he even loses himself slightly in his works, but it is usually just a sign of him being overcome by his passion adding even greater authenticity. I love his mind.
@carygrantswedding You may be right, and I've always had the feeling that Lacan's essay, "Kant with Sade", is written with Bataille in mind, (Kant's "One is well in the good" versus Sade's (and Bataille's) "Happiness is evil").
Some people might find it interesting to know that Björk's video of Venus as a Boy is inspired by Bataille's Story of the Eye, one of her favorite books.
Evil does not exist and hate only exists because people believe in evil. Please stop calling and thinking of things that are bad as "evil". It doesn't exist. I really wish that this thought comes through to as many people as possible. I don't want to see more unnecessary hate and suffering in the world.
To feel eroticism is to be fascinated like a child that wants to participate in a forbidden game, and a man fascinated by eroticism is like a child before his parents.
@Obedience I am not so sure of this, is he saying that its in our nature to think eroticism is an evil game? I always thought is it very much part of human nature, maybe his statement is based on his catholic background. the fear of parents ( the church ) is deeply 'rooted' in him.
@lolpope I can not be sure, but I think you have a point about his upbringing, that is to say, sexuality is in some ways even today a controversial subject, and that is in part what lends to its immense allure. Batailles talked a lot about transgression, i.e. transcendning stigma and taboos, and I think for many people the most shunned acts (rape for example) are among the most physically or erotically and
@lolpope I think when Bataille mentioned ''evil''game, he meant guilt complex inducing. Not evil, as in the religious concept of good/evil, as we know it, but guilt that is socio-culturally associated with what is ''dirty'' or taboo in sexuality.
Thankyou so much for putting this up, I've been trying to find an interview with Bataille for ages to help me with a Univeristy essay, and this is perfect!
Povero Bataille, uno stile assolutamente unico nella scrittura ma sempliciotto e quasi goffo come conversatore (pessimo, si dice, anche come oratore durante le conferenze).
Una vita passata ad esaltare l'eccesso dietro la scrivania di una biblioteca... in questo ha seguito veramente Nietzsche!
Sottoscrivo pienamente quanto hai detto. Penso che questo derivi anche dal suo essere autodidatta, il che comporta sempre un certo grado autismo nella riflessione, che a volte si può tradurre in una difficile espressione delle proprie idee. Certo è che "le bleu du ciel" è un gran romanzo, e che gli voglio bene anch'io (soprattutto per i saggi, "théorie de la religion" in primis).
"Le bleu du ciel" mi ha lasciato freddino, come tutta la produzione "narrativa" del nostro caro Georges.
Basterebbe d'altra parte solo gli articoli scritti per l'Acephale ad insediarlo ai vertici del pensiero del '900...
Forse inconsapevolmente lui e gli altri della congiura sacra incarnarono un archetipo oscuro che giaceva sommerso da secoli... su questo non sbaglia Blondet nel suo "Gli Adelphi della dissoluzione"...
Guys, Bataille can be beyond good and evil but that doesn´t mean that he can´t talk about literature as a transgression of a taboo, been evil for that.
You may be beyond good and evil but society certanly is not.
Thank you so much! To me the interview is very helpful to understand the main themes of La Litérrature et le mal. But reading him, being exposed to his writing, is maybe more intense. The essay on Blake is brilliant.
wondrous! i offer my humble gratitude for your posting of this. GB is one of the darkest stars in our abject heaven. at the moment i am reading 'Absence of Myth' and delighting in being suspended over the abyss. regarding Nietzsche, check out GB's 'On Nietzsche', which contains the memorable phrase 'twin pincers of nothingness'....
entiendo que sea la única, sólo nunca la busqué en youtube, la vi en otro lado.
Luis Fonseca es un profesor de varias materias en la FCPyS de la UNAM, y si vida y cursos son con base en kafka, Bataille, Heidegger,(Sade, Sade, Sade... Nitzhe entre otros (o devo decir la otredad) en diferentes cursos claro... y sabes, te cambia la vida, como pocos maestros lo hacen, como poca gente lo entiende. espero divulgar este conociemineto en radio.
@hvolsvellir Posiblemente el mejor y más infravalorado profesor de la FCPyS de la UNAM. Está re-clavado con Bataille, con la literatura y con el mal...
@necrosatanico Qué significa FCPyS ?? Tienes su contacto?? O pásame tu facebook pa agregarte como amigo y luego me pasas el de él. Porfas, a mí también me interesa todo eso.
Hola, que grata sorpresa encontrarse a alumnos de Fonseca!
Ese hombre es sumamente inteligente, de hecho estoy de acuerdo contigo que es un profe que te cambía la vida, o al menos te muestra otra perspectiva de esta. Y bueno que decir de sus clases son geniales, y más cuando entramos a la experiencia interior y demás temas. Esperovea este video, o alguien se lo muestre, estoy seguar q le va a encantar.
Yes, but he was also speaking of good and evil from a sociological perspective of what it means for human society at its most primitive. As an atheist and anti-theist, I'm sure he did not believe in fundamental laws of good and evil. Also, since he addresses the horrors of fascism in several of his works, I'm sure he could identify "real" evil from a rational perspective, but rationalism was not the chosen theme of any of his work.
@hvolsvellir A Nietzschean would recognize that the good/evil dichotomy is a societal construct which has come to be due to the imposition of an arbitrary morality. Because Nietzsche denies a transcendent entity (God), he understands that there are no transcendent categories such as good and evil. However, that's not to say that good and evil don't represent something. Bataille within the first minute defines evil very clearly and explains that what evil represents is essential to literature.
@jmcgoo (CONTINUATION) In this way, Bataille's ideas can be consistent with Nietzsche. Additionally, though he was read and was influenced by Hegelian, it is definitely going to far to call him a Hegelian and apply one idea of Hegel's to his entire work. Hope that clears some confusion up.
@jmcgoo (CONTINUATION) In this way, Bataille's ideas can be consistent with Nietzsche. Additionally, though he was read and was influenced by Hegelian, it is definitely going to far to call him a Hegelian and apply one idea of Hegel's to his entire work. Hope that clears some confusion up.
What a great interview! I have been trying to figure out why I'm so drawn to art featuring the more detestable taboos and Bataille really put it into perspective for me. Just ordered Encyclopedia Acephalica, can't wait to read more Bataille.
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I've been an avid reader of Nietzsche for nearly 20 years, Foucault for over a decade... I have just started reading Georges Bataille... I must say that his name and his theory belong right up there with such names. Inner Experience and On Nietzsche are so genius it is maddening. There is something about his text that communicates beyond and outside of the text, despite the lack of self-presence in text. It communicates, at the very least, that this mofo knew wtf he was writing about.
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The man was a fucking cryptojewish psychopath...I have seen the first 3 mnutes and its so obvious he was insane...
homonecan 2 months ago
@homonecan What you call insane, I call absolute Genius
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I just read "The Story Of The Eye" and I'm totally impressed with the freedom of expression that Bataille displays. It's a very dream-like erotic tale that draws you in and makes one feel an accessory and a witness to a beautiful imagination.
mrfreudable 3 months ago
Thanks once again for uploading a subtitled video of an unforgettable author from the land that has perhaps produced the most compelling literature in history. No one emerges a literary virgin after reading "The Story of the Eye". It's interesting to see the author of such a radical work could be so soft-spoken and self-effacing. But looking closely one can see a mischievous, deviant twinkle in his eyes.
ManilaSyndicate 3 months ago
Hmmm...I think so, Chip01.
bethandsara 4 months ago
por favor, subtitulen este video al español
147chepe 4 months ago
his books a re too hard
defenestration1000 4 months ago
I read a lot of philosophy and classical literature by the greatest authors, but Bataille is my favourite of them all. The human animal pervades everything he produces, his work is evidence of the animal mechanisms that determine human desire and spirituality, and it speaks incredibly true to, at least me. Sometimes he even loses himself slightly in his works, but it is usually just a sign of him being overcome by his passion adding even greater authenticity. I love his mind.
PigLover69 5 months ago
@carygrantswedding You may be right, and I've always had the feeling that Lacan's essay, "Kant with Sade", is written with Bataille in mind, (Kant's "One is well in the good" versus Sade's (and Bataille's) "Happiness is evil").
hvolsvellir 5 months ago
Some people might find it interesting to know that Björk's video of Venus as a Boy is inspired by Bataille's Story of the Eye, one of her favorite books.
hvolsvellir 5 months ago 2
@hvolsvellir Had no idea
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Evil does not exist and hate only exists because people believe in evil. Please stop calling and thinking of things that are bad as "evil". It doesn't exist. I really wish that this thought comes through to as many people as possible. I don't want to see more unnecessary hate and suffering in the world.
mamikodis 7 months ago
chuck palahniuk comes to mind when i watch this
iriezonapsychonaut 8 months ago
Georges Bataille is one of the most important thinkers in all history
pharmakeus62 1 year ago 4
a major influence on continental philosophy..ignored by Jean Paul Sartre...
SLACKER614 1 year ago
Interesting, to say the least. I love the French !
I'm picturing this guy showing up at one of those parties like the one depicted in EYES WIDE SHUT, with the robes and masks...
anothercountyheard 1 year ago
Baudelaire and Kafka, how easy for him to say that!
aura113 1 year ago
@aura113 Could you explain please ?
thefirstpriest 8 months ago
To feel eroticism is to be fascinated like a child that wants to participate in a forbidden game, and a man fascinated by eroticism is like a child before his parents.
I find quite some truth in this statement.
Obedience 1 year ago
@Obedience I am not so sure of this, is he saying that its in our nature to think eroticism is an evil game? I always thought is it very much part of human nature, maybe his statement is based on his catholic background. the fear of parents ( the church ) is deeply 'rooted' in him.
lolpope 1 year ago
@lolpope I can not be sure, but I think you have a point about his upbringing, that is to say, sexuality is in some ways even today a controversial subject, and that is in part what lends to its immense allure. Batailles talked a lot about transgression, i.e. transcendning stigma and taboos, and I think for many people the most shunned acts (rape for example) are among the most physically or erotically and
mentally satisfying.
Obedience 11 months ago
@lolpope I think when Bataille mentioned ''evil''game, he meant guilt complex inducing. Not evil, as in the religious concept of good/evil, as we know it, but guilt that is socio-culturally associated with what is ''dirty'' or taboo in sexuality.
07Aristotle 6 months ago
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LesFillesduFeu7 1 year ago
I like him. His voice is real calm and he communicates a general feeling of tranquility.
dereojofilms 1 year ago
génila
lipiarskisteve 1 year ago
what fun!
scratchedscreen 1 year ago
Thankyou so much for putting this up, I've been trying to find an interview with Bataille for ages to help me with a Univeristy essay, and this is perfect!
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faniring 2 years ago
Povero Bataille, uno stile assolutamente unico nella scrittura ma sempliciotto e quasi goffo come conversatore (pessimo, si dice, anche come oratore durante le conferenze).
Una vita passata ad esaltare l'eccesso dietro la scrivania di una biblioteca... in questo ha seguito veramente Nietzsche!
Ovviamente gli voglio bene lo stesso...
Mejnour777 2 years ago
Sottoscrivo pienamente quanto hai detto. Penso che questo derivi anche dal suo essere autodidatta, il che comporta sempre un certo grado autismo nella riflessione, che a volte si può tradurre in una difficile espressione delle proprie idee. Certo è che "le bleu du ciel" è un gran romanzo, e che gli voglio bene anch'io (soprattutto per i saggi, "théorie de la religion" in primis).
feraro23 2 years ago
"Le bleu du ciel" mi ha lasciato freddino, come tutta la produzione "narrativa" del nostro caro Georges.
Basterebbe d'altra parte solo gli articoli scritti per l'Acephale ad insediarlo ai vertici del pensiero del '900...
Forse inconsapevolmente lui e gli altri della congiura sacra incarnarono un archetipo oscuro che giaceva sommerso da secoli... su questo non sbaglia Blondet nel suo "Gli Adelphi della dissoluzione"...
Mejnour777 2 years ago
darkness...
terapL0p 2 years ago
Guys, Bataille can be beyond good and evil but that doesn´t mean that he can´t talk about literature as a transgression of a taboo, been evil for that.
You may be beyond good and evil but society certanly is not.
Thanks so much for posting this hvolsvellir!
aomarlargo 2 years ago
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topynate 2 years ago
Thank you so much! To me the interview is very helpful to understand the main themes of La Litérrature et le mal. But reading him, being exposed to his writing, is maybe more intense. The essay on Blake is brilliant.
MrMartinnJ 2 years ago
wonderful find,
loveupskirts 2 years ago
A very interesting interview! I 've read many books of Bataille, but i've never heard his voice until now. Thanks!
shivabel 2 years ago
wondrous! i offer my humble gratitude for your posting of this. GB is one of the darkest stars in our abject heaven. at the moment i am reading 'Absence of Myth' and delighting in being suspended over the abyss. regarding Nietzsche, check out GB's 'On Nietzsche', which contains the memorable phrase 'twin pincers of nothingness'....
wi11iam13 2 years ago 2
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tapeloop1 2 years ago
NO mamen, soy el primero que en español (mexicano) comenta el video,... esperen a que lo vea Luis Fonseca se va a cagar parado
tapeloop1 2 years ago
No quería decir que estoy el primero para subir este video a youtube, pero simplamente que este es el único video-entrevista con Bataille.
¿Quien es Luis Fonseca?
hvolsvellir 2 years ago
entiendo que sea la única, sólo nunca la busqué en youtube, la vi en otro lado.
Luis Fonseca es un profesor de varias materias en la FCPyS de la UNAM, y si vida y cursos son con base en kafka, Bataille, Heidegger,(Sade, Sade, Sade... Nitzhe entre otros (o devo decir la otredad) en diferentes cursos claro... y sabes, te cambia la vida, como pocos maestros lo hacen, como poca gente lo entiende. espero divulgar este conociemineto en radio.
tapeloop1 2 years ago
@hvolsvellir Posiblemente el mejor y más infravalorado profesor de la FCPyS de la UNAM. Está re-clavado con Bataille, con la literatura y con el mal...
necrosatanico 1 year ago
@necrosatanico Qué significa FCPyS ?? Tienes su contacto?? O pásame tu facebook pa agregarte como amigo y luego me pasas el de él. Porfas, a mí también me interesa todo eso.
MrPosmoderno 7 months ago
@tapeloop1 Aaah, entonces yo soy el segundo?? :P ¿Luis Fonseca?
MrPosmoderno 7 months ago
Thanks for posting!
atopias 2 years ago
Hola, que grata sorpresa encontrarse a alumnos de Fonseca!
Ese hombre es sumamente inteligente, de hecho estoy de acuerdo contigo que es un profe que te cambía la vida, o al menos te muestra otra perspectiva de esta. Y bueno que decir de sus clases son geniales, y más cuando entramos a la experiencia interior y demás temas. Esperovea este video, o alguien se lo muestre, estoy seguar q le va a encantar.
karenmullen 2 years ago
Bataille was Nieztschean and did not possess a 'soul'. You can see into his body. There is only the body.
imperceptible9 2 years ago
So how come he talks about literature and evil when, as a good Nietzschean he should be beyond good and evil?
He was a Hegelian too, and Hegel goes on and on about the soul despite being an atheist. It's just a figure of speech.
hvolsvellir 2 years ago 10
For me, there's just George Bataille, 'body' and 'soul'.
Great interview and thanks for the translation.
"Writing is the opposite of work."
godfreemorals 2 years ago
He wasn't Nietzschean. The very base of his philosophy is the problem of transgression and transgression depends on evil.
Tropmann 2 years ago
@Tropmann
Yes, but he was also speaking of good and evil from a sociological perspective of what it means for human society at its most primitive. As an atheist and anti-theist, I'm sure he did not believe in fundamental laws of good and evil. Also, since he addresses the horrors of fascism in several of his works, I'm sure he could identify "real" evil from a rational perspective, but rationalism was not the chosen theme of any of his work.
ClavicleofSolomon 2 years ago
@hvolsvellir A Nietzschean would recognize that the good/evil dichotomy is a societal construct which has come to be due to the imposition of an arbitrary morality. Because Nietzsche denies a transcendent entity (God), he understands that there are no transcendent categories such as good and evil. However, that's not to say that good and evil don't represent something. Bataille within the first minute defines evil very clearly and explains that what evil represents is essential to literature.
jmcgoo 1 year ago
@jmcgoo (CONTINUATION) In this way, Bataille's ideas can be consistent with Nietzsche. Additionally, though he was read and was influenced by Hegelian, it is definitely going to far to call him a Hegelian and apply one idea of Hegel's to his entire work. Hope that clears some confusion up.
jmcgoo 1 year ago
@jmcgoo (CONTINUATION) In this way, Bataille's ideas can be consistent with Nietzsche. Additionally, though he was read and was influenced by Hegelian, it is definitely going to far to call him a Hegelian and apply one idea of Hegel's to his entire work. Hope that clears some confusion up.
jmcgoo 1 year ago
Thanks for letting me know. Neither French nor English is my native language, but I hope I did OK.
I'm struck by the expression on his face when he says "intolérable". That's where you can see into his soul.
hvolsvellir 3 years ago
Thank you for translating this! Wonderful video.
ohbrazil 3 years ago