André Breton - Georges Bataille polemic
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| [[Breton]] was obviously the driving force behind [[surrealism]], and he ran the movement in a dictatorial style, even expelling several of its members in the [[Second Surrealist Manifesto]] in 1929. Several of these ex-members started adhering to [[Georges Bataille]]'s journal ''[[Documents (journal)|Documents]]''. | [[Breton]] was obviously the driving force behind [[surrealism]], and he ran the movement in a dictatorial style, even expelling several of its members in the [[Second Surrealist Manifesto]] in 1929. Several of these ex-members started adhering to [[Georges Bataille]]'s journal ''[[Documents (journal)|Documents]]''. | ||
| - | Most sources state that Breton called Bataille an "excrement-philosopher" (philosophe-excrément) in the [[Second Surrealist Manifesto]], but in reality these words are nowhere to be found in that document. | + | Most sources state that Breton called Bataille an "excrement-philosopher" (philosophe-excrément) in the [[Second Surrealist Manifesto]], but in reality these words are nowhere to be found in that text. In the words of Breton, Bataille is presented as a "sick person" who suffers from a « déficit conscient à forme généralisatrice », a sufferer of « [[psychasthenia]] » qui se meut avec délectation dans un univers « souillé, sénile, rance, sordide, égrillard, gâteux ». |
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Breton was obviously the driving force behind surrealism, and he ran the movement in a dictatorial style, even expelling several of its members in the Second Surrealist Manifesto in 1929. Several of these ex-members started adhering to Georges Bataille's journal Documents.
Most sources state that Breton called Bataille an "excrement-philosopher" (philosophe-excrément) in the Second Surrealist Manifesto, but in reality these words are nowhere to be found in that text. In the words of Breton, Bataille is presented as a "sick person" who suffers from a « déficit conscient à forme généralisatrice », a sufferer of « psychasthenia » qui se meut avec délectation dans un univers « souillé, sénile, rance, sordide, égrillard, gâteux ».
