The difficulty that contestation must be done in the name of an authority is resolved this: I contest in the name of contestation what experience itself is. (Georges Bataille)

The difficulty that contestation must be done in the name of an authority is resolved this: I contest in the name of contestation what experience itself is.

Georges Bataille

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