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Theory of Religion

Georges Bataille

Translated

bY Robert

HurleY

Z-ONE

T]OOKS

NEW

YORK

1989

Desireis r''hot trctnsformtIJcin11J,

reveoledto itscll b.v

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itselt'in (true) know'leclge,

into on "object" revectled

to d

t'rom the objcct ttnd "opposecl" to it.

It isin onclb.r'- or betterstill,as - "his" Desire that mtrn

i.s Jormerl an(l is ret'cdled - to himselfand to othert - dt

an I, as the I that is csscntiall.vdifferent t'rom, antl racli-

call.r'opposed

All rights rcserterl

No part ot this book mav bc rcprotlucccl' sttlrcd in r'

rctrit:r'al svstcnl, or transnlitteltl il'r anv lirrm or trv

.''tr ."",r., including e lectronic' mcchanical' photo-

crryr'ing, nlicrof iIming' rt-cording' or othtru isc

1. t,. 1,t lilr lh'll ct)l)\ing l)t rntittt'tl lrr.Stt tions, t't7

Jrl(l r,'x,,1 rlr, tl'\' C"prrigllt I 'trr 'tttrl( \(( |t D\

rcvieu trs lor thc public llress ) * ithout l rittt'n

pcrtt'tission {ion'r thc f'ublishe r'

Origirrallv publishccl in Frarice as lfiloric de la Rtlitliort

O r97j bv F.ditions Gallirlarcl'

to, the non-|.'lltc (hunton) I is the I of a

Desireor oJ Desire.

ThevervhcingoJmon, thc selJ-conscious

beinyl,there-

t'orc, in'rplies and presupposes Desire.Consequentl.v,

the

humttn reolit.r.cdnbe lormed and mdintdineclonlv within

a biologicalre(1lit.t',

an animal hJe. Ilut, if animal Desire

lt is not the

suJt'icient condition.By itself, this Desireconstitutesonlv

thc SentimentoJsell.

In contrast to theknowledllethat kecp.sman in a pos-

sivcc1uietude,Desirecli.s-quiets

Printctl in the Llnite rl Staters ol i\mcrica

l)istribtrtctl br' f hc N'llf Pre ss'

Cambridqc, N'lassachusctts''rntl Lontlon' Lnglantl

him anclmove.shim to

oction. Ilorn ol Desire,oction tcndsto satist'v'

ic'rtion l)'rta

it, antl can

rlo so onl' b.v'thc "negation," lhe cle.struction,

[ -ibran of Congrcss Cat'rlouing-in-Pr'rbl

or ot \east

the tronst'ormotion, o;fthe desiredobject:to .sotist'r'hun-

ger, t'or cxomple, the Jood must be cle.rtrovedor, in (1n)'

cose,tronsJormcd. Thus,oll oction is "negdtin[1."

- AlcxanclrcKojdve

lntrocluctionto the Recttlingot'IIegel

R.rtaillc, Gcorgcs' r897-r962'

'l-hcon of rcligiort'

'li-.rnslation o{: Tlrloric dc la rcligion'

13ibliograPhr': P'

r. I{elision. I' -litle'

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fl8-utt5clt

lsllN o-9:12 299-olt-ir (alk' papcr)

IsllN o-942l9t)-o9-4 (pbk': 'rlk' p'rpcr)

"tubjcct" dit't'erent

is the neces.sctn'

conditionof se\-consciousne.ts,

Contents

ll'here'l'his BookIs Situated e

Introtluction 11

PARI ONE

I-TIE BASIC D.{TA

I Anintalitv r t

Il I Iumonitv and thc Dcvclopncnt of the

ProJaneWorkl 2r

III Sacrit'ica,

the Fcstival,ond the Principles

of thc Sacrec! World 43

TWO

REI IGION. WI'I HIN I.HI I-IN,,II'I.SOF RLASON

I The tN[ilitar)' Order 6 5

I I Dualism crnt!,l'lorolit,v 6 9

lll Mcdiation rs

IV The RiscoJlndustr.v 8r

To Whom... ro7

GeneralTablettnd ReJerences L 1'7

Where This Book Is Situated

'l'hc fbuntlationof'one'sthoughtisthe thoughtof anotlrcr;

thought is likc a l>rickccmcntc<linto a uall. It is a simu-

lacrum of thought il, in his krokingbatk on hirnst'Il',

of lrecrlonrcostshinr:hc <loc'sn'tst'r'tlrt'lastc

ground anrltlrt' hcapsof <letritusto uhich a setrsitivt' r'an-

itv consigns hinr u ith his brick.

'fht' u.ork clf thr: mason, u'ho asscmtrlcs,

is tlrc uork

that matters.Thus the adjoiningbricks,in a book, should

not be lt:ssvisiblcthan thc nov brick, uhich is thc book.

What is offeredthe readcr,in f-act,cannottrt'an clt'mcnt,

lrr-rtmust bc the cnsenrble

in u'hich it is inserterl:it is tht'

rrholc human asserrblage

and etlifice,rvhichmust be,not

just a pilc of scral>s,but r.rthcra srlf-consciousncss.

In a st'nst'thc unlimitcclasscmblagc

is tlrc inrpossible.

It takt-s cc)uragc ancl stutrbornncss not to go slack. llli'rr'-

thing invitcson('to <lrop thc substancc

firr tht' sha<lou, to

thc

bcing u'hri tl.rinksscr-sa fl-ccbrick anrl nr>ttht' prict' tlris

scmlrlanc'c'

)RY'JFRFLICJION

tilrsakc thc opcn antl inipcrsonll mrlvcmcrrt of thought

for thc isolated opinion' Of tt"t"t thc isolatctl opinion is

also the shortest mcans of rcvealing rvhat thc asscmblagc

c.scntiallv is - thc inrpossiblc. Btrt it has this dct'p mean-

ing onlv i[ it is t.tot c:onscious ot'thc t'rct'

I'his Srou'crlt'ssll('ss

Introduction

rlt'fincs an apcx tlf pclssillilitr'' or at

tt[ thc impossibilitv opcns tlonsciot'tsness

li'r it to think' In thisgatht'rin{ placc'

shcrc vitllcucc is rifc' at tht bountlarv of that rvhich

cscaPcs c'ohcsion, he u'ho ref'lccts rvithin cohcsion rt-alizes

that thcre is no lrll.tgt'r anY r(x)m fcrr hinl'

to all that ispossiblt-

This "theon' of rerligion"outlines lvhat a finished rv<rrk

rvoulcfbe: I have triccl to exprLrssa mobile thought, with-

out seckingits dcfinitive state.

A philosophvis a coherentsum or it is nothing,but it

exprcss('s

not in<lissolublcmankind.lt must

thcrefbre rcmain opcn to the der,clopmentsthat r.r'illfbl-

lorv, in human thought . . . rvhere those u.ho think, insofar

asthev rejcct tht'ir othe'rness

(that u'hich thcv are not) are

alrearlvlostin thc universaloblir.ion.A philosopht' isnc-r,er

a hclr-rse;

it isa construction sitc.But itsincompletionisnot

that of scienc'c.Scit'nceclrarvsup a nrultitu<lco1'finishccl

parts andonlf itslr'holc prt'sents cmptv spacL-s,

uhereasin

thc incomplcticlnis not

rcstrictedto the lacunaco{ thought;at evcrv point, ateach

point, thcre is the impossibilitvof thc final statc.

'l'his condition of impossibilitvis not thc cxcuse for

l.^.,, .rtlo.,''rt'ss

the inclivi<lual,

our striving for cohersivcncss,

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