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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
slow-paced
If you are the sort of person who likes Freud or anything to do with the “reptilian brain”, if you believe that penetrative sex is inherently a form of animalistic dominance, or if you really like A/B/O, then this book is definitely for you!
If you are normal and well adjusted however (and especially if you are queer) then this is sexist, heteronormative, creepy , poorly written, boring etc…
The argument started off being interesting?? But quickly devolved into making me wonder exactly how far Bataille needed to be locked up away from women
If you are normal and well adjusted however (and especially if you are queer) then this is sexist, heteronormative, creepy , poorly written, boring etc…
The argument started off being interesting?? But quickly devolved into making me wonder exactly how far Bataille needed to be locked up away from women
reading a pdf on my phone is just not for me, will start it again when I have a physical copy.
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
FINALLY FUCKING FINISHED IT!!! i only understood like two thirds of this and i only agreed with about half of what i understood.
i liked part one of this, and his thoughts on de sade in part two, but i disliked his thoughts on women and on sex work, and it got extremely dense and philosophical at the end and i could NOT decipher it. what the FUCK is he talking about!!!
i'll revisit this one in like ten years - or not. i do hate philosophy.
i think if bataille wants to make a point to me about death and sensuality he should bring himself back from the dead and fuck me. otherwise i'm just going to reread the story of the eye.
i liked part one of this, and his thoughts on de sade in part two, but i disliked his thoughts on women and on sex work, and it got extremely dense and philosophical at the end and i could NOT decipher it. what the FUCK is he talking about!!!
i'll revisit this one in like ten years - or not. i do hate philosophy.
i think if bataille wants to make a point to me about death and sensuality he should bring himself back from the dead and fuck me. otherwise i'm just going to reread the story of the eye.
challenging
informative
medium-paced
Bataille écrit sur le thème du sexe et la mort en résumé. Au risque d'être trop explicite, je suis presque sûr d'avoir joui après avoir seulement lu l'introduction.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
An enjoyable read, with some very interesting points. However, I disagreed with one of Bataille's central ideas, which made the rest of his theorizing stand on shaky ground. Nevertheless, there was a lot of pieces of this that were relevent to other things I've been reading, and I can see myself thinking about Erotism: Death and Sensuality more in the future.
Content Warnings
There is a section on sex work that is dehumanizing to the workers in that profession.
First read: December 1, 2012. Excerpts.
Second read: August 5, 2014. Entire.
Second read: August 5, 2014. Entire.
challenging
dark
medium-paced