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| Author | Georges Bataille |
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| Original title | La Part maudite |
| Translator | Robert Hurley |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Political economy |
| Publisher | Les Éditions de Minuit, Zone Books |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 197 (Zone Books edition, vol. 1) 460 (Zone Books edition, vols. 2 and 3) |
| ISBN | 0-942299-11-6 (Zone Books edition, vol. 1) 0-942299-21-3 (Zone Books edition, vols. 2 and 3) |
The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy (French: La Part maudite) 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.