Violence, Integrity, Production. On Bataille’s Restricted Economy
Violence, Integrity, Production. On Bataille’s Restricted Economy
Author(s): Andrea RossiSubject(s): Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Studies in violence and power, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: Bataille; Restricted Economy; Transcendental Violence; Production; Homogeneity; Heterogeneity; Integrity;
Summary/Abstract: Building and expanding on George Bataille’s analysis of the restricted economy, the paper theorises violence as a plastic and productive force. Challenging accounts that, in different ways, define political violence solely as a negative and dis-integrating power (i.e. destructive of preexisting – actual or potential – “things”), the essay concentrates on the force that is unleashed to produce “unity” and “integrity”, be it at the individual or at the collective level. This perspective, I suggest, might contribute to gauging the limits of the (potentially unbounded) violence needed by contemporary political and economic regimes to construe and secure their integrity.
Journal: The Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence
- Issue Year: 3/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 20-33
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English