由物的世界迈向神圣世界——从巴塔耶《耗费》出发

From the World of Things to the Sacred World: Rereading Georges Bataille’s The Accursed Share: Consumption

《耗费》是乔治·巴塔耶最重要的理论著作,也是三卷本《被诅咒的部分》第一卷。在二战结束后丰饶与贫乏交织的社会历史背景下,巴塔耶运用文采四溢、激情澎湃的文字,向世人展示了一种理解世界的全新视角:普遍经济。从全球经济的物质基础入手,巴塔耶回顾了人类社会从"耗费社会"到"工业社会"的发展历程,揭露了现代资本主义"物的世界"遮蔽"神圣世界"的现实,批判了自私逐利的褊狭逻辑,开启了摆脱物的奴役、重焕生命活力的返归之路。直至今日,仍能在文学、哲学与国际政治领域造成持续的影响与启发。

Consumption is the most important philosophical work written by Georges Bataille,as well as the first volume of his philosophical trilogy The Accursed Share.After World WarⅡ,under the socio-historical conditions of extreme exuberance and poverty,Bataille has presented a new perspective on understanding the world,that is,‘general economy,'through his brilliant and passionate writing.Starting from the material basis of the global economy,Bataille has reviewed the development of human society from‘society of consumption'to‘industrial society,'exposed the reality of‘the sacred world'covered by‘the world of things'of modern capitalism,criticized the narrow logic of selfishness and pursuit of profits,and opened the way to get rid of the enslavement of things and regain the vitality of exuberant life.To this day,the work continues to influence and inspire questions and issues in literature,philosophy and international politics.