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The Accursed Share: Volumes II and III: The History of Eroticism and Sovereignty - The Accursed Share New edition
Georges Bataille
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The Accursed Share: Volumes II and III: The History of Eroticism and Sovereignty - The Accursed Share New edition
Georges Bataille
The three volumes 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.
460 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 11, 1993 |
| ISBN13 | 9780942299212 |
| Publishers | Zone Books |
| Pages | 464 |
| Dimensions | 227 × 153 × 34 mm · 708 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Hurley, Robert |
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