# The Absence of Myth

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- Authors: [Georges Bataille](https://www.bookquiver.com/georges-bataille), [Michael Richardson](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-richardson)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2024-11-19

## Description

For 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 the beginning of an...

## Editions

### The Absence of Myth

- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-0429-659-2
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2024-11-19
- Language: en_US