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100			_aBataille, Georges
245			_aAccursed share : an essay on general economy Vol I
260			_bZone Books _c1989 _aNew York
300			_a197 p. _c23 cm.
365			_b22.95 _cUSD _d75.10
490			_aAccursed Share _vvol I
504			_aIncludes notes
520			_aMost 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.
650			_aMoral and ethical aspects
650			_aEconomic history
650			_aEconomic development
650			_aSociological aspects
710			_aHurley, Robert
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