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1、parallax,2001,vol.7,no.1,1–2EconomiesofExcessJohnArmitageThisthemeissueofparallaxisdevotedtoastudyoftheeconomiesofexcess–atermderivedfromtheincreasinglyinuentialeconomicwritingsoftheFrenchculturaltheoristGeorgesBataille(1897–1962).IdentiedwithNietzscheanandHegelian-inspiredex
2、aminationsofinnerexperience,‘heterology’–thescienceofwhatiscompletelyother–eroticismandsovereignty,BatailleisalsoFoucault,Derridaand1Baudrillard’spremiertheoristofexcess.‘TheNotionofExpenditure’andTheAccursedShareannouncedBataille’soppositiontoclassicalor‘restricted’political
3、economyandelucidatedhisgeneraleconomicconceptionofaworldsurplusof2biologicalenergythatmustnotbehoardedbutsquandered.UnearthingasacricialTheoryofReligionandpotlatch–gift-givingceremoniesinwhichprotlessexpenditureisfavouredoverpossession–amongstAmericanIndians,Batailleespousedp
4、rotlessexpenditureasthemodernfoundationofarevitalizedeconomicrelationshipbetween3technologicallyadvancedanddevelopingindustrialsocieties.TimelyinitsspotlightontheeconomiesofexcessthisissueisanacknowledgementthatBataille’seconomictheorynowresonatesfarbeyondFrance.Anelectrifyin
5、gappraisalofeverythingfromcompanionshipandknowledgetosurplushumanconsumption,corporealproductionandtransformation,technology,aesthetics,transnationalchildadoption,feministinternationalpoliticaleconomyandspeed,economiesofexcessisguidedbutnotconnedbythewritingsofBataille,Baudri
6、llard,Nietzsche,VirilioandMarx.Unravellingtheseandothersignicantculturaltheoristsofgeneraleconomyandsurplusenergy,theissue’sfourteencontributorsconcentrateontheexpandinguniverseofexcessexpenditure,aneconomicrealmliberatedfromallpreviousconstraintsandalmostallcomprehension.Dis
7、coveringself-sacricialandnearreligiousculturalideasandpracticesembracingindividualspendingonproductsandpeopleamidstopulentconsumersandimpoverishedproducers,severaloftheauthorscollectedhereadvocateprotlessexpenditurewhileothersinterrogatethepostmodernpremisesoftheruinouscontem
8、porarypoliticalandeconomicbondsbetweenmenandwomen,EastandWest.Respon