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 bl.
| Excess | A civilization he argues reveals its order most clearly in the treatment of its surplus energy |
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Zone Books The accursed share: volume 1: consumption, paperback/georges bataille
