Bataille, Pornographic Literature

The French writer and thinker Georges Bataille's fate was closely connected with the fight against the homogeneous world. Although Bataille has never definitely brought forward any project to resist the homogeneous world, eroticism was undoubtedly seemed as the prescription for the maladies of the homogeneous world.Bataille made a convictive diagnosis upon the modern industrial civilization. The course of the homogeneity of the society brings many problems: because men were deeply dissimilated by the notion of produing, they lost their independence, the humanity was also damaged by it; since every moment was conceled , men lost the foundation of their felicities, their greedy persuits of knowledge ,science and technology only plunged them to the illusion of progressivisim; moreover, noble spirits was abandoned, the capitalism accelerated the differentiation between the rich and the poor, the world became more and more vulgar, the space for art was invaded, the wanton dilation of machines certainly will brings up a desert which has no aesthetic value. Classical sociologists such as Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Durkheim were all put forward their therapeutics after their incisive criticism of the modern industrial civilization, for exemple, Weber put forward "delivering of the private love ". However,Bataille was different from these sociologists. Bataille's Rx was full of ambiguities and paradoxes. Owing to the real experience of his life, he used eroticism as his resource.Eroticism has been seen as great scourges all along .However, Bataille's eroticism was different from the traditional notions. Bataille saw eroticism as men's inner experience and one dimensionality of humanity. When men tried to say adieu to the animality, they setup many taboos in order to differentiate themselves from other animals.Undoubtedly, this means was necessary in the beginning, but those taboos gradually hold men in bondage. The taboo about sex promoted "monogamous marriage system".This system then regulated and controlled sexual intercourse. Under this system, only the sexual intercourse which serves the procreation was legitimate. Marrige therefore resembled produing. When men transgress marriage system, they are offend against the taboo about sex. The dualistic structure which made up of taboo and transgression is the essence of Bataille's eroticism. Be controlled by various systems, people who live in the homogeneous world will lose their energy to renew themselves. Only revolt against this disappointing world can we recover the lost thing.Bataille was bom in the end of the 19 centuries. His family was very unfortunate. Worst of all, he encountered a miserable world. By examing the modern industrial civilization, he damned this disagreeable world. He has been seeking for a world one can settle down and get on with one's pursuit by the support of certain faith, this course was very hard and painful. Bataille's eroticism aimed at the homogeneous world,it was tit for tat. Corresponding to the philosophical aspect,eroticism is only related to body and impulse, it out of all relations to produing, excludes the knowledge system;In the society aspect, eroticism invades marriage's domain; As for the individual aspect, eroticism releases people from society's bondage. Bataille has writed a great many pornography.These novels will be meaningful if it werejudged by such criterion------they used abundant evil passion to revolt taboos' control. Justsuch angle of view helps Bataille distinguish the essence of eroticism from the idea of eroticism, definite eroticism according to dynamic category, increase new method of hermeneutic by utilizing the new discoveries of eroticism.Obviously, this particular prescription inevitably arose disputations. As a result of deep influence by Nietzsche's doctrine during his nonage, Bataille advocated war and violence; Because Bataille overemphasize upon expenditure, the maneuverability of his theory was debased ; also, the unceasing negation dimmed the way out. Bataille intermixed Alexandre Kojeve,Marcel Mauss and Nietzsche wonderfully.This made Bataille's thinking attractive,at the same time, brought a good many problems, for instance too much violence,his narrow comprehension on literature and sexism. This means his literature went from one extreme to the other because it congested too much absurd,eroticism and violence. He persued pure evil that he neglected literary skills. For all of this, the value of Bataille's works has to diacount.Bataille's system is interlocking, each concept is embed in other concepts . His literature and comment embodied his thoughts while providing experience to deepen his theory. He considered literature as the extend of consecration, In his opinion, Literature let people to experience qualm, approach nothingness but not sink into it, face death but not dead in deed. So the fictive character of the literature can bring the release of imaginations. As for Eroticism, it ensures the power of literature, encourages literature to infringe upon taboos. Further more, literature can realize the miraculous potentials of eroticism, it will share sanctitude with erotism. Pornography was one of Bataille's debauchery behave. He expressed his inner pain, obtained large charge through outstripping common customs, found an exit of his evil passion by these novels.Literature temporarily diluted Bataille's sin and dread. He once abandoned his father during the chaos caused by war at 1914, the latter died alone one year later after his abandonment.On the whole, Bataille is a mirror of his age, his doctrine equalled to his experience. His excellent opinion on eroticism discerned the current of the age, enlighted numerous elite.The sketch which Bataille left still has too much riddle for us. His thinking on eroticism would rather gives clue to us than provides the answer, So Bataille's project is an unfinished project.