BenBerger
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In The Accursed Share (1949), Bataille presents a theory of the "General Economy." He argues that standard economics (both Neoclassical and Marxist) focuses too much on scarcity. Instead, he suggests that the main problem of life is actually excess energy (wealth, solar energy, surplus) that must be expended—either gloriously (arts, non-productive sexuality, festivals) or catastrophically (war).
If you have read it please DM ASAP.
If you haven't please read it, if you don't you're gay. Reading the first chapter of the The Accursed Share is enough to understand the main ideas of the General Economy.
Thanks
If you have read it please DM ASAP.
If you haven't please read it, if you don't you're gay. Reading the first chapter of the The Accursed Share is enough to understand the main ideas of the General Economy.
Thanks





