The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy : Consumption: Volume 1: Consumption: 001 - Rilegato

Bataille, Georges

 
9780942299106: The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy : Consumption: Volume 1: Consumption: 001
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ISBN 10: 0942299108 ISBN 13: 9780942299106
Casa editrice: Zone Books, 1988

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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. The result is a brilliant blend of ethics, aesthetics, and cultural anthropology that challenges both mainstream economics and ethnology.

Georges Bataille (1897-1962), founder of the French review Critique, wrote fiction and essays on a wide range of topics. His books in English translation include Story of the Eye, Blue of Noon, Literature and Evil, Manet, and Erotism.

Robert Hurley is the translator of History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault and cotranslator of Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.

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Book by Bataille Georges

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Editore
Zone Books
Data di pubblicazione
1988
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0942299108
ISBN 13 
9780942299106
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
200
Contatto del produttore
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ISBN 10:  0942299116 ISBN 13:  9780942299113
Casa editrice: Zone Books, 1991
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