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The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy Consumption
Georges Bataille
ISBN 13: 9780942299113
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Softcover
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Here Georges Bataille introduces his concept of the "Accursed Share", the surplus energy that any system, natural or cultural, must expend; it is this expenditure, according to Bataille, that most clearly defines a society (his examples include sacrifice among the Aztecs, potlatch among the Northwest Coast Indians, military conquest in Islam and monasticism among Buddhists in Tibet). In this way {Bataille} proposes a theory of "general economy" based on excess and exuberance that radically revises conventional economic models of scarcity and utility. A brilliant blend of economics and ethics, aesthetics, and anthropology, "The Accursed Share" is an incisive inquiry into the very nature of civilization.
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