{"product_id":"the-tears-of-eros-9780872862227","title":"The Tears of Eros","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTears of Eros\u003c\/i\u003e is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred. Taking up such figures as Giles de Rais, Erzebet Bathory, the Marquis de Sade, El Greco, Gustave Moreau, Andre Breton, Voodoo practitioners, and Chinese torture victims, Bataille reveals their common obsession: death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis essay, illustrated with artwork from every era, was developed out of ideas explored in \u003ci\u003eErotism: Death\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSexuality and Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux or the Birth of Art\u003c\/i\u003e. In it Bataille examines death—the \"little death\" that follows sexual climax, the proximate death in sadomasochistic practices, and death as part of religious ritual and sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Bataille is one of the most important writers of the century.\"— Michel Foucault\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorges Bataille was born in Billom, France, in 1897. He was a librarian by profession. Also a philosopher, novelist, and critic he was founder of the College of Sociology. In 1959, Bataille began \u003ci\u003eTears of Eros\u003c\/i\u003e, and it was completed in 1961, his final work. City Lights published two of his other works: \u003ci\u003eStory of the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible\u003c\/i\u003e. Bataille died in 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Georges Bataille","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42956035817590,"sku":"9780872862227","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_1edc0677-0641-403c-afb5-4085a00e67c7.jpg?v=1767713294","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-tears-of-eros-9780872862227","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}