JOY IN THE FACE OF DYING: FROM THE SACRED SOCIOLOGY TO THE INNER EXPERIENCE BY GEORGES BATAILLE

Georges Bataille characterizes contemporary society as post-sacral, since it has lost the ways of communication with its own sacred core. The practice of joy in the face of dying arises as an attempt to revive this lost connection and open access to the personal sacred. The life of ancient communiti...

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Main Author: Анастасія Прушковська
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Odessa I. I. Mechnykov National University 2018-06-01
Series:Докса
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Online Access:http://doksa.onu.edu.ua/article/view/146565