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A review by williamzzengg
Georges Bataille: The Sacred and Society by William Pawlett
3.0
"God, then, is the only profound atheist. Human beings who claim to be atheists are incapable of grasping their Nothingness to the full extent, as they continue to believe in something: reason, logic, language, grammar, or common sense. Yet, God is certainly not...whole, complete, or self-sufficient: God is insufficient to Himself, just as human beings are...Both God and humanity are wounded or torn: in their shared wounds and tearing they can communicate..."
My understanding of this book is very incomplete, but will it ever be complete? At the very least, Pawlett is an excellent starting point for reading Bataille. I hope. Bataille proposes a very interesting, alternative view of the world, a view of the world not necessarily meant to be understood, but felt, as we open ourselves to the realm of the sacred, life's intensity and ecstasy.
Perhaps something is missing within modernity. Perhaps we may find it again, we (us???) imprisoned within existence by duration, property, capital.
My understanding of this book is very incomplete, but will it ever be complete? At the very least, Pawlett is an excellent starting point for reading Bataille. I hope. Bataille proposes a very interesting, alternative view of the world, a view of the world not necessarily meant to be understood, but felt, as we open ourselves to the realm of the sacred, life's intensity and ecstasy.
Perhaps something is missing within modernity. Perhaps we may find it again, we (us???) imprisoned within existence by duration, property, capital.