SOC461 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: The Accursed Share, Damien Hirst, Young British Artists
13 Dec 2016
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Soc 461 – December 1, 2016: Bataille – The Joy of Art
• Bataile (d.1962) goes further still: rather than seeking a systematic transformation of society, he
wants to reject bourgeois culture entirely.
• I a seies of hallegig oks, he outlies a oept of soeeigt hih he eliees is eig
stifled in .
1.Epater la bourgeoisie
• ‘apat egoeti ad atist Daie hist .1 is ko fo oth his spot paitigs ad
for sculptures and installatios…
• YBA artist. Hirst rose to prominence as a member of the YBA, a group who studied at
Goldsmiths, London in late 1980.
• The YBAs present themselves as radical, making works that deliberately challenge ideas of art
and bourgeois conventionality.
• Trae Eis M Bed 1 is aothe ke YBA ok.
• Charles Saatchi funds them, often wins a large prize.
1a. Dot e a oe-grubbing miser
• General Economy:
o Perspective of the global/cosmic system as a whole.
o “upeaudae of eeg: thees oe tha enough for everything.
o Allows waste of surplus energy
• Restricted/Particular Economy:
o Perspective of individuals aiming at limited, particular purposes.
o Lack of energy/resources: turns them to specific goals.
o Uses surplus energy for growth.
• Bataille insists that, osideed gloall, thees oe tha eough eeg i the old: su
provides enough energy for all our needs.
o Example of plants: they receive more than they need to stay alive, so use surplus in
growth.
o All that limits us in the capacity of the biosphere; how much space is available for
growth.
• Problem comes from taking individual perspective of scarcity.
• “oiet as idiiduated: If ou dot get a jo, people ill thik oue laz.
1b. Enjoy or Destroy
• Limited economy, from the perspective of the individual, leads us to stock up our surplus wealth
and energy.
• Fo Bataille, this has potetiall dageous oseuees: he uses this to eplai…
1. Excess: The superabundance of energy beyond what we need to survive
2. Growth: Surplus energy is put into expansion of the organism
a. Growth hits a limit: Biosphere is no longer able to contain more growth.
3. The Aused “hae: Waste: Potio of eeg that aot e used up i goth; the eess.
a. Destutio: Eess a oil oe o eplode i afae.
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Document Summary
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