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Titre :
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Accursed Share, Vol. 1 : Consumption
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Auteurs :
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Georges Bataille ;
Robert Hurley, Traducteur
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Type de document :
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texte imprimé
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Editeur :
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New York : Zone Books, 2007
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-0-942299-11-3
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Format :
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197 p.
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Langues originales:
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Français
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Index. décimale :
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801 (Littérature - philosophie et théorie)
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Mots-clés:
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Bataille, Georges : 1897 - 1962
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Résumé :
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Bataille, a leading writer in France from the 1930s to his death in 1962, offers here nothing less than a new theory of civilization. Economists usually emphasize scarcity: limited means must be carefully allotted to serve conflicting ends. Bataille dissents: in his view, much more energy lies available than societies can use. The surplus energy must be dissipated; historically, this was accomplished through war and spending on luxuries. Though Bataille's eye for vivid detail is evident, his theory appears more valuable as a framework for his dazzling literary skills than a contribution to knowledge. Probably of greater interest to students of French literature than to economists or historians.
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