The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy : Consumption: 001 (Zone Books) (Volume 1)

Bataille, Georges; Hurley, Robert [Translator]

ISBN 10: 0942299108 / ISBN 13: 9780942299106

Edité par Zone Books, 1988

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• Titre: The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy : Consumption: 001 (Zone Books) (Volume 1)
• Éditeur: Zone Books
• Date de parution: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0942299108
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780942299106
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 17 onces

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Synopsis

Most Anglo-American readers know Bataille as a novelist. The Accursed Share provides an excellent introduction to Bataille the philosopher. Here he uses his unique economic theory as the basis for an incisive inquiry into the very nature of civilization. Unlike conventional economic models based on notions of scarcity, Bataille's theory develops the concept of excess: a civilization, he argues, reveals its order most clearly in the treatment of its surplus energy. The result is a brilliant blend of ethics, aesthetics, and cultural anthropology that challenges both mainstream economics and ethnology.

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Georges Bataille (1897-1962) was a French writer, essayist, and philosopher whose works include The Story of the Eye, The Blue of Noon, The Accursed Share, and Theory of Religion.