My Favourite Mystic 41: W. Ezekiel Goggin on Georges Bataille

My Favourite Mystic

CONTENT WARNING! This episode contains graphic descriptions of an image of a torture victim, as well as discussion of ableism, sexual assault, and self-harm.

This week W. Ezekiel Goggin (@w_ezekielgoggin) joins AJ Langley (@medievalmystics) to talk about the life and works of the man who said "The brother is my church": mystic & philosopher Georges Bataille (1897-1962). We talk confusion and contradiction, the existence of nothing, laughter in the face of oblivion, excess, and contemplating the wounds of torture victims.

Mysticism and Materialism in the Wake of German Idealism by W. Ezekiel Goggin and Sean Hannan is available now at: https://www.routledge.com/Mysticism-and-Materialism-in-the-Wake-of-German-Idealism/Goggin-Hannan/p/book/9780367546137