Georges Bataille’s 'On Nietzsche': War, Chance, and the Collapse of Meaning with Stuart Kendall

What does it mean to write philosophy in a time of catastrophe?
In this episode, we’re joined once again by Stuart Kendall to
explore Georges Bataille’s On Nietzsche, a fragmented, intimate,
and disorienting text written in the final years of World War II.
We examine how Nietzsche becomes not just a philosophical
reference but a companion for Bataille—a figure through whom
Bataille grapples with sovereignty, death, and the limits of
knowledge. From Sartre’s accusations of mysticism to the will to
chance as a response to fascism and nuclear horror, we trace how
On Nietzsche opens up an ethics of risk, uselessness, and
survival.



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