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Sacred Conspiracy: The Internal Papers of the Secret Society of Acéphale and Lectures to the College of Sociology

Contributor(s): Bataille, Georges (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Brotchie, Alastair (Editor), Brotchie, Alastair (Introduction by), Galletti, Marina (Editor), Galletti, Marina (Introduction by), Caillois, Roger (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Klossowski, Pierre (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Leiris, Michel (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Masson, André (Illustrator), Harman, John (Translator), Lehrer, Natasha (Translator)

ISBN: 9781900565950

Publisher: Atlas Press LLC

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Pub Date: April 24, 2018

Dewey: 848.91209

LCCN: 2019393411

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 9.20" L x 6.90" W ( 2.40 lbs) 480 pages

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Description: "The texts published here comprise lectures given to the College of Sociology by Bataille, Caillois and Michel Leiris, essays from the Acâephale journal and a large cache of the internal papers from the secret society. A desperate narrative unfolds, and Bataille risked all in this wholly unreasonable quest. With a few fellow travellers, he undertook what he later described as a "journey out of this world."" -- page 4 of cover.

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