false 350003 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg 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.]]> 350003 7 340270 book 26 3 1949 The Accursed Share total:196|5:75|4:88|3:26|2:6|1:1| 196 818 332 13 20842 3.93 3805 432 45768 4.00 3386 203 8682289 133661 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.23 137 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.]]> 1949 4 3 false Sun Nov 04 22:56:17 -0800 2007 Sun Apr 06 08:07:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 45630664 1994653 4133425 2707301817 9782707301819 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4133425.La_part_maudite 4.50 2 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.]]> 1949 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 07 01:06:25 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 06:52:04 -0800 2009
"L'organisme vivant, dans la situation que déterminent les jeux de l'énergie à la surface du globe, reçoit en principe plus d'énergie qu'il n'est nécessaire au maintient de la vie; l'énergie (la richesse) excédante peut être utilisée à la croissance d'un système...more...]]> 3910928 241665 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 10:25:55 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 27 08:53:09 -0800 2007 a "general ...more...]]> 51770389 2196420 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 06 20:46:55 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 21:10:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47641122 1090874 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 4 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 26 17:13:10 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 09 07:39:19 -0700 2009 the impossible as he no...more...]]> 56758706 1448040 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 5 0 false Wed May 20 11:52:38 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 11:52:56 -0700 2009 2554272 52734 152120 0942299213 9780942299212 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172240344m/152120.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172240344s/152120.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152120.The_Accursed_Share_2_3_The_History_of_Eroticism_and_Sovereignty 4.02 54 The Accursed Share address what Georges Bataille sees as the paradox of utility: namely, if being useful means serving a further end, then the ultimate end of utility can only be uselessness. The first volume of The Accursed Share, the only one published before Bataille's death, treated this paradox in economic terms, showing that "it is not necessity but its contrary, luxury, that presents living matter and mankind with their fundamental problems."

In the second and third volumes, The History of Eroticism and Sovereignty, Bataille explores the same paradox of utility from an anthropological and an ethical perspective, respectively. The History of Eroticism analyzes the fears and fascination, the prohibitions and transgressions attached to the realm of eroticism as so many expressions of the "uselessness" of erotic life. In the third volume, Batille raises the ethical problems of sovereignty, of "the independence of man relative to useful ends."]]> 1949 2 0 false Fri Jun 29 21:42:18 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 21:43:38 -0700 2007 23590037 1201362 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 5 0 false Tue Jun 03 06:26:46 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 09:36:04 -0700 2008 9078438 618746 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Nov 13 18:14:16 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 21:29:07 -0800 2007 18081589 1002619 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 5 0 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Mar 19 04:07:37 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 04:09:28 -0700 2008 14030278 853617 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 0 0 false Wed Jan 30 05:51:58 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 05:52:24 -0800 2008 251817 25140 152120 0942299213 9780942299212 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172240344m/152120.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172240344s/152120.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152120.The_Accursed_Share_2_3_The_History_of_Eroticism_and_Sovereignty 4.17 196 The Accursed Share address what Georges Bataille sees as the paradox of utility: namely, if being useful means serving a further end, then the ultimate end of utility can only be uselessness. The first volume of The Accursed Share, the only one published before Bataille's death, treated this paradox in economic terms, showing that "it is not necessity but its contrary, luxury, that presents living matter and mankind with their fundamental problems."

In the second and third volumes, The History of Eroticism and Sovereignty, Bataille explores the same paradox of utility from an anthropological and an ethical perspective, respectively. The History of Eroticism analyzes the fears and fascination, the prohibitions and transgressions attached to the realm of eroticism as so many expressions of the "uselessness" of erotic life. In the third volume, Batille raises the ethical problems of sovereignty, of "the independence of man relative to useful ends."]]> 1949 1 0 false Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Mar 13 05:58:08 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 14 23:09:21 -0700 2007 18687134 714166 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Mar 26 11:01:40 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 11:02:11 -0700 2008 82300705 1357770 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 5 0 false Mon Dec 28 10:11:47 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 28 10:12:00 -0800 2009 82169748 2881111 1423652 0942299108 9780942299106 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183480036m/1423652.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183480036s/1423652.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1423652.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 3.50 2 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</I>, 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.]]> 1949 0 0 false Sun Dec 27 08:08:39 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 27 08:08:43 -0800 2009 82033434 3074059 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 4 0 false Fri Dec 25 17:46:55 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 17:46:55 -0800 2009 81953426 2966222 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 0 0 false Thu Dec 24 10:27:45 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 10:27:45 -0800 2009 81931093 3071074 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 4 0 false Thu Dec 24 03:32:54 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 03:32:54 -0800 2009 80576405 826705 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 2 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Thu Dec 10 14:01:37 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 13:53:02 -0800 2009 80513505 3028608 350003 0942299116 9780942299113 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306m/350003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173981306s/350003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350003.The_Accursed_Share_1_Consumption 4.17 196 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.]]> 1949 4 0 false Thu Dec 10 03:24:29 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 03:24:29 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=350003