Acid Horizon Inner Experience: Bataille Contra Hegel in "Torture"
Sep 2, 2021
The podcast delves into George Bataille's 'Inner Experience' and his anxieties regarding the end of history and completion of rationalist metaphysics. It explores concepts like divinity, sacrifice, non-knowledge, and ecstasy. The hosts also discuss the influence of thinkers like William James, St. John of the Cross, and Max Stirner. Additionally, they examine the impact of Christianity and capitalism on collective expenditure, the transformation of religion, the limits of action, the concept of ecstasy, and the significance of music and childishness in Bataille's ethics.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Exploring Bataille's Notions of Inner Experience, Divinity, and Religion
03:14 • 4min
Collective Expenditure and its Capture by Capital
06:57 • 2min
Religion, Reason, and the Divine
09:09 • 13min
The Limits of Action and the Construction of a Good Life
22:08 • 30min
Nebidinalization of Anxiety and the Concept of Ecstasy
51:44 • 9min
Exploring Music and Childishness in Bataille's Ethics
01:01:07 • 5min