TY - BOOK AU - Georges Bataille AU - Georges Bataille TI - The accursed share: : an essay on general economy SN - 9780942299212 U1 - 330 BAT 23 PY - 1991/// CY - New York PB - : Zone KW - Erotica. Sovereignty KW - Economics KW - history of eroticism N1 - Vol. 2. The history of eroticism -- v. 3. Sovereignty N2 - The three volumes address what Georges Bataille sees as the paradox of utility: namely, if being useful means serving a further end, then the ultimate end of utility can only be uselessness ER -