Acid Horizon Georges Bataille's "Notion of Expenditure"
Sep 28, 2020
Anti-utilitarianism, the sacred, expenditure and destruction under capitalism, comparison to Deleuze and Guattari's antiproduction, Marxism, Mauss, cultural anthropology, Bataille's critique of utilitarianism, transitioning from aristocratic to bourgeois expenditure, the notion of outside in French theory and its relationship to politics, Bataille's views on Christianity and revolution.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Georges Bataille's "Notion of Expenditure" and Its Influence on Other Authors
03:14 • 4min
Georges Bataille's ASFL and its Influences
07:36 • 2min
Georges Bataille's Critique of Utilitarianism
09:37 • 26min
Transitioning from Aristocratic to Bourgeois Expenditure
35:18 • 18min
The Notion of Outside in French Theory and its Relationship to Politics
53:09 • 5min
Georges Bataille's Views on Christianity and Revolution
57:48 • 6min