(Bataille, Georges); Hollier, Denis; Wing, Betsy (translator)

Against Architecture: The Writings of Georges Bataille

Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989. 1st US Edition. Octavo, publisher's taupe cloth, spine stamped in silver, original illustrated dust jacket.

"Architecture is the expression of every society’s very being." First US edition of French language and culture scholar Denis Hollier’s examination of Geroges Bataille’s ideas on architecture and philosophy, considered the first serious interpretation of his work. Originally published in French in 1974 as La prise de la Concorde (a reference to the execution of Louis XVI, a central motif in the author and philosopher’s work), the text builds upon an article in Bataille’s Documents (1929) that critiqued the functional artform as both a form of and metaphor for societal control. With endnotes and an index. Unclipped dust jacket with light chipping and edgewear. Very good. Item #13141

$50.00