Cover of The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy, Volume II: The History of Eroticism and Volume III: Sovereignty

The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy, Volume II: The History of Eroticism and Volume III: Sovereignty

by Georges Bataille

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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 en…