Bataille’s 'Guilty' Explained: Stuart Kendall on War, Time, and Instability (Full Episode Unlocked!)

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The episode discusses Georges Bataille’s 'Guilty' and its insights on war, time, and philosophical instability with guest Stuart Kendall.

AHRC Courses: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-courses What does Georges Bataille’s Guilty reveal about war, time, and the unstable ground of thought itself? In this episode, Craig and Adam speak with Stuart Kendall about Bataille’s confrontation with catastrophe, the “privileged instant,” and the strange oscillation between order and excess in his writing. The conversation explores how Guilty stages a meditation on war, nonknowledge, and the limits of philosophy at the edge of histor...

People in this episode

Hosts: Craig, Adam

Guest: Stuart Kendall

Topics covered

• war
• time
• philosophy
• catastrophe
• nonknowledge
• Bataille

Keywords

• Bataille
• Guilty
• war
• philosophy
• catastrophe
• nonknowledge
• instability

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Books & works: Guilty

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