The Accursed Share

Most Anglo-American readers know Bataille as a novelist. The Accursed Share 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 civiliz...

Most Anglo-American readers know Bataille as a novelist. The Accursed Share 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.

【作者介绍】

乔治•巴塔耶（Georges Bataille，1897—1962），法国哲学家、评论家、小说家，博学多识，思想庞杂，其作品涉及哲学、伦理学、神学、文学、经济学等诸多领域。巴塔耶的思想上承尼采、克尔凯郭尔、萨德的批判倾向，下启20世纪后期法国诸家思潮，对福柯 、德里达、波德里亚等人的影响尤深，颇具反叛精神，被誉为“后现代的思想策源地之一”。

【译者介绍 】

刘云虹，南京大学外国语学院教授、博士生导师，教育部新世纪优秀人才，主持多项国家及省部级研究课题。研究方向：翻译理论与实践。

胡陈尧，南京大学法语系博士生。