| Edition |
1st City lights ed. |
| Description |
276, [4] pages : illustrations, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: L'érotisme. |
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Reprint. Originally published: Death and sensuality. New York : Walker, 1962. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Taboo and transgression. Eroticism in inner experience ; The link between taboos and death ; Taboos related to reproduction ; Affinities between reproduction and death ; Transgression ; Murder, hunting and war ; Murder and sacrifice ; From religious sacrifice to eroticism ; Sexual plethora and death ; Transgression in marriage and in orgy ; Christianity ; The object of desire : prostitution ; Beauty -- Part 2: Some aspects of eroticism. Kinsey, the underworld and work ; De Sade's sovereign man ; De Sade and the normal man ; The enigma of incest ; Mysticism and sensuality ; Sanctity, eroticism and solitude ; A preface to 'Madame Edwarda." |
| Language |
Translation of, L'érotisme. |
| Subject |
Sex -- Religious aspects.
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Sex (Psychology)
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Taboo.
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Death.
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Death. (OCoLC)fst00888613
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Sex (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01114228
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Sex -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01114185
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Taboo. (OCoLC)fst01141792
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Erotiek.
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Het Kwaad.
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Dood.
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Antropologie.
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| Added Title |
Erotisme. English
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Eroticism |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962. Erotisme. English. Erotism. 1st City lights ed. San Francisco : City Lights Books, 1986, ©1962 (OCoLC)654412719 |
| ISBN |
0872861902 |
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9780872861909 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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