{"product_id":"sade-my-neighbour-by-pierre-klossowski","title":"'Sade My Neighbour' by Pierre Klossowski","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"593\"\u003eOne of the essential books for understanding the Marquis de Sade's place in twentieth-century philosophy, \u003cem data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"240\"\u003eSade My Neighbour\u003c\/em\u003e is Pierre Klossowski's extraordinary study of transgression, desire, atheism and repetition.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"593\"\u003eFirst published in French in 1947, it profoundly shaped later thinkers including Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Jean-François Lyotard and Jacques Derrida, helping reposition Sade from pornographer to one of modernity's most unsettling philosophical figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"1062\"\u003eRather than offering literary criticism, Klossowski follows Sade's internal logic to its breaking point, exploring obsession, sovereignty, morality and the strange relationship between thought and action. With Alphonso Lingis' lucid translation and introduction, this Quartet edition remains one of the finest English-language editions and an indispensable text for readers of continental philosophy, psychoanalysis, Bataille, Deleuze or the history of transgression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1223\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992 Quartet Encounters paperback. English translation by Alphonso Lingis. Clean throughout with light shelf wear and a tight binding.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45791295799379,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-07-07T153605.290.png?v=1783402684","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/sade-my-neighbour-by-pierre-klossowski","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}