Conflict in the Philosophy of Georges Bataille

Abstract

The subject of this article is the interpretation of such a social phenomenon as conflict in the framework of the studies of the French philosopher of the XX century Georges Bataille. The purpose of the work is to examine the ideas of an author not previously used in conflictology, who has studied topics relevant to conflictology by the type of violence or prohibition, and to identify the relevance of these ideas for modern conflictology. The article considered the concepts of immanence and the system of energy expenditure developed by the thinker, as well as their connection with the process of conflict. Considerable attention was paid to the consideration of the ways of spending indicated by Batai. As an example of conflicts, the conflict for a place to watch bullfighting, described by the philosopher, and the enmity between the Montague and Capulet families from William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" were chosen for consideration, the features of which intersect with the ideas of Georges Bataille. The most important conclusion of the article is that for the thinker, conflict is rather a specific state than a confrontation. The relevance of this conclusion is due to the fact that such an interpretation of the conflict allows us to take a fresh look at the course of this phenomenon, since within the framework of the concept of Bataille, the role of contradictions in the conflict in the study becomes smaller compared to the internal experience of the parties. Such an approach to the consideration of the conflict will allow us to study in more detail other aspects of various situations that have not received significant attention in the framework of the consideration of conflicts before. As an example, we can mention the enmity between families from the tragedy of William Shakespeare, whose consideration through the interpretation of the conflict by Georges Bataille revealed that the end of the conflict may be associated with the reorganization of the process of wasting energy.