The Accursed Share, Volume I (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
$23.95
$22.27
Publisher
Zone Books
Publish Date
May 15, 1991
Pages
200
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780942299113
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About the Author
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.
Reviews
-- Erik Davis, The Voice Literary Supplement
" A serious book of political economy that also claims 'the sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.' ... The "Accursed Share" is a brilliant product of [Bataille's] loony-tunes coupling of critical genres: pseudo/antisurrealist manifestos, leftist political treatises, erotics, Hegel 'n' Nietzsche studies, mysticism, anthropology, and sun worship. " -- Erik Davis, The Voice Literary Supplement
& quot; A serious book of political economy that also claims 'the sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.' ... The Accursed Share is a brilliant product of [Bataille's] loony-tunes coupling of critical genres: pseudo/antisurrealist manifestos, leftist political treatises, erotics, Hegel 'n' Nietzsche studies, mysticism, anthropology, and sun worship. & quot; -- Erik Davis, The Voice Literary Supplement
"A serious book of political economy that also claims 'the sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.' ... The "Accursed Share" is a brilliant product of [Bataille's] loony-tunes coupling of critical genres: pseudo/antisurrealist manifestos, leftist political treatises, erotics, Hegel 'n' Nietzsche studies, mysticism, anthropology, and sun worship. "--Erik Davis, "The Voice Literary Supplement"
" A serious book of political economy that also claims 'the sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.' ... The "Accursed Share" is a brilliant product of [Bataille's] loony-tunes coupling of critical genres: pseudo/antisurrealist manifestos, leftist political treatises, erotics, Hegel 'n' Nietzsche studies, mysticism, anthropology, and sun worship. " -- Erik Davis, The Voice Literary Supplement
& quot; A serious book of political economy that also claims 'the sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.' ... The Accursed Share is a brilliant product of [Bataille's] loony-tunes coupling of critical genres: pseudo/antisurrealist manifestos, leftist political treatises, erotics, Hegel 'n' Nietzsche studies, mysticism, anthropology, and sun worship. & quot; -- Erik Davis, The Voice Literary Supplement
"A serious book of political economy that also claims 'the sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.' ... The "Accursed Share" is a brilliant product of [Bataille's] loony-tunes coupling of critical genres: pseudo/antisurrealist manifestos, leftist political treatises, erotics, Hegel 'n' Nietzsche studies, mysticism, anthropology, and sun worship. "--Erik Davis, "The Voice Literary Supplement"
