The Accursed Share, Volumes II & III (Revised)
Georges Bataille
(Author)
Robert Hurley
(Translator)
Description
The three volumes of 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. 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.
Product Details
Price
$34.00
$31.62
Publisher
Zone Books
Publish Date
September 11, 1993
Pages
464
Dimensions
5.9 X 9.0 X 1.3 inches | 1.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780942299212
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Georges Bataille (1897-1962) was a French writer, essayist, and philosopher whose works include The Story of the Eye, The Blue of Noon, The Accursed Share, and Theory of Religion.