Abstract
This paper examines the theme of transgression as it is developed in Bataille’s text L’érotisme of 1957. It is critical of Foucault’s 1963 essay on Bataille Préface á la transgression and it then considers the linked yet distinct processes of transgression, profanation and degradation in contemporary culture. Far from inaugurating a new era of transgression, the last sixty years have seen the dissolution of ‘sexuality’ from supposed limit experience to one of limitless confinement within commodified identity positions. What might a future of transgression, in Bataille’s rather that Foucault’s sense, have looked like and why did it not take place?Citation
Pawlett, W. (2024) Bataille, Foucault and the lost futures of transgression. Journal for Cultural Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/14797585.2024.2408330Publisher
Taylor & FrancisJournal
Journal for Cultural ResearchAdditional Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rcuv20Type
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© 2024. The Author. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1080/14797585.2024.2408330ISSN
1479-7585EISSN
1740-1666ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/14797585.2024.2408330
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