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The Sacred Conspiracy: The Internal Papers of the Secret Society of Acéphale and Lectures to the College of Sociology

By Georges Bataille (Text by), Pierre Klossowski (Text by), Michel Leiris (Text by), Alastair Brotchie (Editor), Alastair Brotchie (Introduction), Natasha Lehrer (Translator), Marina Galletti (Editor), Marina Galletti (Introduction), Roger Caillois (Text by), John Harman (Translator), André Masson (Illustrator)
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By Georges Bataille (Text by), Pierre Klossowski (Text by), Michel Leiris (Text by), Alastair Brotchie (Editor), Alastair Brotchie (Introduction), Natasha Lehrer (Translator), Marina Galletti (Editor), Marina Galletti (Introduction), Roger Caillois (Text by), John Harman (Translator), André Masson (Illustrator)
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Having spent the early thirties in far-left groups opposing Fascism, in 1937 Georges Bataille abandoned this approach so as to transfer the struggle onto the mythological plane, founding two groups with this aim in mind. The College of Sociology gave lectures attended by major figures from the Parisian intelligentsia - intended to reveal the hidden undercurrents within a society that appeared to be bordering on collapse. The texts in this book comprise lectures given to the College; essays ...

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