Georges Bataille (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʀʒ baˈtaj]) (September 10, 1897 – July 8, 1962) was a French writer. Although subsequent philosophers have been significantly influenced by his thought, Bataille tended not to refer to himself as a philosopher.
Bataille was born in Billom, Puy-de-Dôme. He initially considered priesthood and went to a Catholic seminary but renounced his faith in 1922.
Bataille attended the École des Chartes in Paris and g...
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Georges Bataille (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʀʒ baˈtaj]) (September 10, 1897 – July 8, 1962) was a French writer. Although subsequent philosophers have been significantly influenced by his thought, Bataille tended not to refer to himself as a philosopher.
Bataille was born in Billom, Puy-de-Dôme. He initially considered priesthood and went to a Catholic seminary but renounced his faith in 1922.
Bataille attended the École des Chartes in Paris and graduated in February 1922. Bataille is often referred to, interchangeably, as an archivist and a librarian. While it is true that he worked at the Bibliothèque Nationale, his work there was with medallion collections (he also published scholarly articles on numismatics), and his thesis at the École des Chartes was a critical edition of the medieval manuscript L’Ordre de chevalerie which he produced directly by classifying the eight manuscripts from which he reconstructed the poem. After graduating he moved to the School of Advanced Spanish...
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