A deft reconstruction of what Georges Bataille envisioned as a continuation of his work La somme athologique this volume brings together the writings of one of ... » 

A deft reconstruction of what Georges Bataille envisioned as a continuation of his work La somme athologique this volume brings together the writings of one of the foremost French thinkers of the twentieth century. These essays aphorisms notes and lectures nonknowledge sovereignty and sacrifice Batailles most intimate writings clarify and extend Batailles radical theology his philosophy of history and his ecstatic method of meditation. The system that emerges from his body of work is atheology understood as a study of the effects of nonknowledge. «