Bataille and Eisenstein: In Defense of Michelson's View.
In October 188's "Visceral Economies, Queer Dialectics: Eisenstein Meets Bataille," Elena Vogman argues that there is an "affinity" between Sergei Eisenstein's and Georges Bataille's views, thereby contesting Annette Michelson's verdict that any similarities between them are "superficial." This arti...
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