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The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy

Author

Georges Bataille

Language

French

Year

1949

Country

France

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy is a 1949 book about political economy by the French intellectual Georges Bataille, in which the author presents a new economic theory which he calls "general economy". The work comprises Volume I: Consumption, Volume II: The History of Eroticism, and Volume III: Sovereignty. It was first published in France by Les Éditions de Minuit, and in the United States by Zone Books. It is considered one of the most important of Bataille's books.