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How is Bataille viewed nowadays?

I know this is a pretty open question but I don't really have a more specific one, about a particular concept of any sort. I've read "Story of the Eye" and parts of "Literature and Evil" and "Erotism" and while that isn't much, especially on the philosophical part of his work, I know that there is a philosophical part and would like to know how it is viewed. Thanks.
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Pretty much any big name in 20th century French (continental) philosophy was influenced by Georges Bataille; but if we look at two trends sometimes called 'affirmative' (think Nietzsche) vs. 'negative' (you might put Adorno here) philosophy, it's fair to say anyone in the negative group has some debt to Bataille even if they don't know it. Some thinkers who have been pretty explicit about this influence are Nick Land and Alain Badiou. He definitely has a lot of respect in the continental tradition although he's a little bit of a 'background character'--his influence is sweeping and undeniable but he's rarely named explicitly.