Sensible ecstasy investigates the attraction to excessive forms of mysticism among twentieth century french intellectuals and demonstrates the work that the figure of the mystic does for these thinkers with special attention to georges bataille simone de beauvoir jacques lacan and luce irigaray amy hollywood asks why resolutely secular even anti christian intellectuals are drawn to . Open access at chicago chicago emerging nations initiative the university of chicago press books division chicago distribution center subscribe log in search search in advanced speculum . Sensible ecstasy mysticism sexual difference and the demands of history de hollywood amy sur abebooksfr isbn 10 0226349527 isbn 13 9780226349527 university of chicago press 2002 couverture souple. Sensible ecstasy investigates the attraction to excessive forms of mysticism among twentieth century french intellectuals and demonstrates the work that the figure of the mystic does for these thinkers with special attention to georges bataille simone de beauvoir jacques lacan and luce irigaray amy hollywood asks why resolutely secular even anti christian intellectuals are drawn to . Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more