{"product_id":"bataille-george-accursed-share-vol-1","title":"George Bataille: The Accursed Share Vol 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZone Books, 1991, softcover, 202 pages, 15.2 x 22.9 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eost Anglo-American readers know Bataille as a novelist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Accursed Share\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55823044444544,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/41cU6SSh75L._SY445_SX342_ML2.jpg?v=1785148840","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/bataille-george-accursed-share-vol-1","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}