The Absence of Myth subject-political-social-theory The book is composed of

The book is composed of three lucid and bracing essays

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Introduced by New York Times–bestselling author of All the Shah’s Men

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The Absence of Myth subject-political-social-theory The book is composed ofFor Bataille, the absence of myth had itself become the myth of the modern age. In a world that had lost the secret of its cohesion, Bataille saw surrealism as both a symptom and a beginning of an attempt to address this loss. His writings on this theme are the result of a profound reflection in the wake of World War Two. The Absence of Myth is the most incisive study yet made of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social