Sørensen’s Bataille: Notes on the ‘apolitical’

Abstract

In Capitalism, Alienation and Critique, part of the development of Asger Sørensen’s overall argument is a disagreement with Georges Bataille. The crux of the argument is that Bataille’s thinking - especially his conception of subjectivity - is ‘apolitical’. The aim of this paper is to investigate the force of this claim. What does it mean for a position - albeit a philosophical one - to be ‘apolitical’?

Keywords

• bataille
• apolitical
• hegel
• economy
• subjectivity