The Accursed Share : Volume 1: Consumption Volume 1 Paperback / softback
by Georges Bataille
Part of the Zone Books series
Paperback / softback
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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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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Zone Books
- Publication Date:15/05/1991
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- ISBN:9780942299113
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Zone Books
- Publication Date:15/05/1991
- Category:
- ISBN:9780942299113
