{"product_id":"visions-of-excess-by-georges-bataille-9780816612833","title":"Visions of Excess","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the publication of \u003ci\u003eVisions of Excess\u003c\/i\u003e in 1985, there has been an explosion of interest in the work of Georges Bataille. The French surrealist continues to be important for his groundbreaking focus on the visceral, the erotic, and the relation of society to the primeval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of prewar writings remains the volume in which Bataille's positions are most clearly, forcefully, and obsessively put forward. The book challenges the notion of a \"closed economy\" predicated on utility, production, and rational consumption and develops an alternative theory that takes into account the human tendency to lose, destroy, and waste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is indispensable for an understanding of the future as well as the past of current critical theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeorges Bataille (1897-1962), a librarian by profession, was founder of the French review \u003ci\u003eCritique\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eStory of the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Accursed Share\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eErotism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Absence of Myth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47995661746412,"sku":"9780816612833","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780816612833-visions-of-excess.jpg?v=1784899135","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/visions-of-excess-by-georges-bataille-9780816612833","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}