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![The Accursed Share 1: Consumption by Georges Bataille](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSHJQckFRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b6c8ba13d664416928046a049bee0da0badc1301/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Accursed%20Share-%20An%20Essay%20on%20General%20Economy,%20Volume%20I-%20Consumption.jpg)
657 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780942299106
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication date: Not specified
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, T...
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657 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780942299106
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication date: Not specified
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, T...