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Georges Bataille is a unique thinker whose philosophy initially broke the usual conceptual boundaries, but later set a recognizable style of thinking on the edge. But what exactly did he mean by transgression? What was Bataille's basic materialism? And what is heterology with atheology? We discuss these and other questions with Ivan Kudryashov in a podcast dedicated to the thought of Georges Bataille, his attitude to darkness, eroticism and religion. Support: https://boosty.to/insolarance Participants: Ivan Kudryashov, Alexey Kardash. Insolarance: Website: https://insolarance.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/insolarance VK: https://vk.com/insolarance_cult Alexey: https://t.me/here_was_dragons Patreon: / insolarance Timestamps: 0:00 Who is Georges Bataille? 5:53 What is the connection between Bataille and Russia? 7:42 What is important in Bataille's biography? 10:19 Otherness and Bataille as a continuer of Hegel's ideas 14:28 Darkness. The influence of Catholic theology and medieval mysticism on Bataille 17:10 The stylistics of Bataille's philosophy. The "I" in Sartre and Bataille 22:35 Heterology, continuity and materialism of Bataille 30:53 General economy, the damned part and the image of the sun in Bataille 33:41 The Kula circle, sacrificial economy, Bataille's connection with Baudrillard 39:32 Transgression, eroticism and prohibitions 46:59 Atheology and how to be religious without religion?