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Cussans, John (2010) Bataille, Haiti and Vodou. In: Strange Attractor Salon, 15th September 2010, The Last Tuesday Society, 11 Mare Street, London. (Unpublished)
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| Type of Research: | Conference, Symposium or Workshop Item |
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| Creators: | Cussans, John |
| Description: | Lecture discussing the influence of Haitian Vodou on the development of social psychopathology in Europe during the 19th century, from the theoretical legacy of Anton Mesmer, through Le Bon, Charcot and Freud, to the Revolutionary Surrealism of Georges Bataille and the Acephale group in the 1930s. The presentation addresses the mythopoeic role of the Bois-Caïman ceremony in the story of Haitian Revoltion, its influence on sociological imagination of Europe in the forthcoming century, and the subsequent racialisation of the collective, revolutionary unconscious. |
| Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | Revolution, Haiti, Vodou, Bataille, Acephale, Mesmerism |
| Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > Chelsea College of Arts |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Related Websites: | http://strangeattractor.co.uk/further/tonight-bataille-haiti-and-vodou/, http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/, http://codeless88.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/lecture-at-last-tuesday-society/ |
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| Event Location: | The Last Tuesday Society, 11 Mare Street, London |
| Projects or Series: | Research Outputs Review (April 2010 - April 2011) |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2012 14:29 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2026 10:33 |
| Item ID: | 3824 |
| URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/3824 |
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