Hubert Mauss Sacrifice

According to Bataille, sacrifice is not quite as destructive as Hubert Mauss would describe it. The form of sacrifice they are both referring to is gift-giving. According to Hubert Mauss once a person gives a gift, the receiver will eventually turn into a madman if they do not return it. That is because, the person must forget the gift, but in order to do that, you must forget yourself. On the contrary, Bataille, explains that, yes the language of gift-giving is also the language of surrender/sacrifice, but the only thing a person must sacrifice is subordination. This will cause them to move from the profane to the sacred, without any knowledge of how long they will be in the sacred. This shows the people that life is short and not quite as