Theory Of Religion by Georges Bataille
A provocative reinterpretation of religion as an economy of excess, where the sacred is produced by transgression, sacrifice and nonproductive expenditure that interrupt ordinary utilitarian life; using anthropology, philosophy and literary examples, the work argues that ritual and taboo do not merely order society but create moments of inner sovereignty, erotic intensity and communal confrontation with death. Religion is presented as a practice that valorizes waste, violence and transgressive jouissance to access the sacred, challenging reductionist accounts that treat belief as only symbolic or functional.
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