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The accursed share
an essay on general economy
Book • 1988
Georges Bataille's 'The Accursed Share' is a seminal work exploring the concept of 'expenditure,' the unproductive use of energy and resources.
Bataille argues that societies must engage in acts of expenditure to maintain their vitality, challenging traditional economic models focused solely on production and accumulation.
He examines various forms of expenditure, including religious sacrifice, war, and the arts, highlighting their role in channeling excess energy.
The book's analysis of expenditure extends beyond economics, encompassing social, psychological, and even cosmological dimensions.
Bataille's work offers a radical critique of capitalist society, proposing alternative models based on the acceptance and celebration of excess.
Bataille argues that societies must engage in acts of expenditure to maintain their vitality, challenging traditional economic models focused solely on production and accumulation.
He examines various forms of expenditure, including religious sacrifice, war, and the arts, highlighting their role in channeling excess energy.
The book's analysis of expenditure extends beyond economics, encompassing social, psychological, and even cosmological dimensions.
Bataille's work offers a radical critique of capitalist society, proposing alternative models based on the acceptance and celebration of excess.
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Mentioned by Stuart Kendall as related to all this. When we think about the disposition of energy around the globe, we have to think about that in ecological terms, planetary terms.
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Georges Bataille’s 'On Nietzsche': War, Chance, and the Collapse of Meaning with Stuart Kendall
Mentioned by Stuart Kendall when discussing Bataille's major works that explore social structures and the spectacle of waste.
The Headless Politics of Georges Bataille with Stuart Kendall at the Durations Festival
